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Good morning experts,
I have been reading like crazy on here, reading books recommended here, doing a little networking in my area, and am building my team. My question concerns what money to use to buy the first hou...
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Hi everyone,After a death, my family will have to sell a property containing a single family home, but the property may be worth more as a commercial property. The road on which it is located is a major street (3 lan...
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New to this forum and hopefully find some useful advice and info. I wanted to use my home equity to purchase a 2nd home/apartment for cash flow. I need some advice where in the SF bay area where I can start to look ...
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I am trying to understand the mechanics/math behind a CMBS loan assumption and the cash/equity needed from a buyer who would acquire the property and assume the loan.Example parameters below:Original Loan Bal...
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Hello BP,I am just getting started in REI and looking for some advice. My strategy right now is to get into buy and hold to start and then expand as I learn more.I own my home, have about 179K of equity as based on my...
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Hello everyone, my partner and I own 4 buildings comprised of 22 units in the Chicagoland area free and clear. they are fully rented. We also fix and flip single-family homes in higher income sections of chicago.
W...
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I was just asked why $1M in assets is better than $1M in savings. I believe $1M in assets is truly worth more, but I honestly don’t know why. Can someone please explain?
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We recently attended our first courthouse foreclosure auction in Gwinnett County. We saw 4 houses come up for auction while we were there. All 4 houses sold for ridiculous prices. So we're sitting there thinking, w...
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Had a chance to go to the Self Storage Convention in Las Vegas this past week. Although there were many things that interested me from the vendors and the conferences, the best one was an "Asset Protection" seminar I...
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Hey Everyone!Myself and one of my investor clients (I'm also a broker) in Los Angeles are thinking of investing in the luxury space in low cost states. For example, if the median price point is in the $200,000 range ...