We recently spoke with a banker who explained how to get a conventional loan to purchase a rental. We are wondering what other way can we get into our first door? All advice is good advice!
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My name is Suraj, I am 19 years old, located in Long Island, NY and looking to get into wholesaling real estate. I have been trying to wholesale on-market properties virtually for about a month now and have had n...
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I currently have a Partner that is located in Detroit with access to turn key section 8 properties. I know Detroit is kind of another animal when it comes to investing, I am looking for a private lender with 90%-100% ...
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Omaha Man Convicted of Wire Fraud
Always do your due diligence on lenders and anyone else to make sure they are on the up and up. It isn't always easy, but never take someone's word without any kind of secondary evi...
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When calculating an ERC (estimated repair costs) for a given subject property should the wholesaler provide an ERC for both Retail Flip AND rental? Or just one?
It seems to me giving them just retail flip ERC would ...
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I plan on using my business credit cards for rehab of my first property I purchased for 8K. Is it a good idea?
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Hi BP,Across the street from my sister's house is a home that is on the market for a very good deal. For the asking price, I believe that I could easily clear the mortgage payment (and other payments) with the rent an...
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My question is… Do people promote buying rentals due to some sort of personal benefit/conflict of interest?From a birds eye view and in a perfect world people would buy a property and their tenants would pay for it. ...
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Where can I find all formulas for Real Estate Investments properties, Everyone seem to have there own system going, I would like to know what works for you? I have seen various formulas on here.
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Hello,I could use some advice as what to do next. I have one week to make a decision to take a promotion or not and start my real estate portfolio, or wait 3+ months and then take the next good opportunity. I am 26 ye...