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Hi All,My husband and I are in beautiful Oaxaca, Mexico and are currently in the process of buying a home. Here's the details:It's a 3 x 2 home, in a beautiful neighborhood called La Cascada about 15 minutes walking f...
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Hi all, just started listening to the podcasts & decided to join the site today. Looks like there's a ton of great information here. My name is Steven Darrow and I'm a relative newbie to real estate investing -...
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Hi all,We are considering shifting our focus more toward STR, like everybody else :) There are a couple of Caribbean islands that are close to our heart, and that we feel reasonably safe starting out in. Questions as ...
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Which companies do you use for your self-directed IRAs containing rental properties. I know they all have different fee structures, and it seems like this is the major difference between them all.I am 30 years old an...
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With the trillions of dollars the government will have to spend to fight the economic fallout from coronavirus, is this scenario on anyone’s radar? If the world is so flooded with newly issued debt, when this is all...
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For the last two year I have been in Afghanistan as a civilian contractor making good money and decided to pay off my house. I paid it off at the end of last year I have been renting it out. I plan to stay here fo...
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I am new to real estate investing (I have yet to buy my first property) and not a lot on money on hand. I do however have a retirement account with approximately $235,000 in it from a company I no longer work for. ...
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Hello
I own a few rental properties in B and C class neighborhoods. I've purchased the properties at low price points so they have minimal debt service. My dilemma is that a good number of them are section 8 renta...
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Hey Team!
Thank you for checking out my post, I appreciate you as I am looking for guidance. 29 years old and AMBITIOUS in San Diego,CA!
For the last three years, I have been swallowed into the mortgage industry. R...
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I am thinking on buying a studio in Paris with a HELOC of $300K I have on my primary residence in the US. I would then rent the studio in Paris to have a positive cash flow.
- If I use all the $300K HELOC, how much w...