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Hello! So as the title says I am new to real estate investing and looking to get into it full time in the next few years. I recently got out of the military (about a year ago) and have since been working at a job that...
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Hello BP!
One mistake I think many new landlords, myself included, make when starting out is that they don't think about WHO they want to rent to and WHAT unique value / amenity they have to offer those rente...
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As an investor, it didn't make any sense why I was letter a buyer's agent collect 2.5% of the purchase price, for the minimal return I was getting. After many sales, I knew the real estate forms well and had the buyin...
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This past week when checking on something in the attic of one of our active rehabs, our handyman gave us a call explaining how he had found some pretty disturbing items. When he had been in there a month prior, the pl...
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So we are meeting with a potential seller on Tuesday for a house which we're hoping to get under contract subject to the mortgage. Just looking for some input on our evaluation of it to make sure we aren't missing so...
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I'm looking at a 4-family in a town where I have other properties where I did not know what numbers to run. Those were mistakes but I live in one, so I can live with that, so to speak. I am not eager to make the same ...
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1.0 Introduction
Here is my small experience with a Harris County Tax Sale. Harris County is the county containing Houston, Texas. Since I could not find much about the actual process I figured others mig...
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We bid $166k cash on a Wells Fargo short sale property in January. Bank came back today with a counter of $175k (which includes $10k relocation for seller). We want the property but want to counter the smallest amount...
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Thought I'd start a small thread to see what $250,000 would get in different parts of the country. . .
This should be an interesting one! :groovy:
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Hi there -Just listened to podcast episode #214 of the podcast and was surprised by Joel Sherlocks statement that REI in Canada didn't made much sense for him/his company so they went to the US/Arizona instead..We're ...