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I have done my "due diligence" by reading about 15 threads on SDIRAs, and still have a few questions.Does anyone use a custodian that specializes (or is especially effective with) private money lending (not buying exi...
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I’ll be getting a new roof shortly for this property in Tallahassee. What color shingles do you think would look best and offer the best energy efficiency to reduce the heat?
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According to Reuters, S&P has downgraded the US Credit Rating from AAA to AA+ and may likely downgrade again in the next year plus.
Thoughts? Insight?
I realize this may get political, but think this is an impo...
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I’m thinking of flipping houses with a builder/handyman. I told him if he could find good off market deals, I would finance the rehabs. I told him I’d be interested if we could split the profit 50/50. But all I am is ...
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Hi all,I am hoping to get into the world of hard money / private lending using my Solo 401k and had a few questions.1. I have approx. $120k in my Solo 401k but the deal that I am planning to fund needs about $180k. Is...
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Any comments on this articles and what you all out there in multifamily investment seeing?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-real-estate-haven-turns-peril... buildings, long considered a real-estate haven, are emergin...
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Potential SF property for $70k, rent would be $800-900. Upon reviewing paperwork, noted that the foundation is check to have issues and cracks on the wall. Should I even waste my time and money paying appraisals etc o...
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When I bought my primary residence, the property taxes went from $1,200 to $3,600 a year. The sellers were elderly and had owned it for twenty or thirty years. I wasn’t prepared and it was quite a shock. I’m looking t...
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This month will probably go down in my real estate investing career as one of the craziest month ever. It's crazy in terms of the "hustle" I did, because the volume and number of deals I am doing now are bigger than b...
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Hi, everyone. I am Mark Lenox, living in Valley View, Ohio south of Cleveland. After two decades in the Direct Mail industry, working my way up the corporate ladder to Vice President, I lost my job in late 2012. ...