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All, I am debating between leveraging agreements/contracts I find online for free versus having an attorney draft them for me. I am leaning towards spending anywhere from $750-$1,250 for an attorney because I am hesit...
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1) As long as you are satisfied with the FMV, you are covered with the note from a risk perspective2) Note Investing is easy3) You don't need to focus on the borrower just the property (this one may be debatable but i...
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Interesting discussion about national rent control here- Why Rent Control and Housing Subsidies Backfire: James Burlinghttps://link.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/epochtv/why-rent-control-and-housing-subsidies-backfire-jam...
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I got into a discussion with my father recently about FHA loans and the requirement that you live in the home the majority of the year. We had a bit of a debate about whether or not the bank could do anything if they ...
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While it bothers me that a U.S. Senator was busy looking at porn on the Senate floor on a government-issues computer, I'm more appalled at the fact that he was doing so because he "was bored as they were debating the ...
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Hi BP,I've been following BP for a long time and my wife and I, finally, took the plunge and bought our first rental and now our second and couldn't have done it without the huge amount of great advice from this commu...
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I've read multiple forum postings about the advantages and disadvantages of having an agent sell your home and the advantages vs disadvantages of flat fee listing services.
I ran into a buddy of mine that swears fla...
I am working up some details for a deal presentation to a UK investor (US property, UK investor). A spreadsheet showing projected numbers plus a 'Powerpoint like' presentation.
Then I got to wondering and figured it ...
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Hi everyone!
My girlfriend and I are starting to looking to make our first home purchase at the beginning of 2022. We have about $190k saved up. Ideally, we'd live in the home (Santa Clara/SJ area) for at least 2 yea...
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I'm finally getting around to reading the acclaimed 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' book, as everyone always recommends it. In the book, it discusses starting out establishing a corporation for yourself, as a corporation is noth...