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Hi guys, I’m new here and new to REI. I don’t really know where to start or where to find the funds to buy a house for flipping and buy and holds. If anyone has any ideas or where I can find meetups in my area of rive...
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Im a licensed agent and a licensed contractor. Ive saved up 50k with hopes of transitioning from contracting to Realestate. I gave two goals. 1st is to accumulate enough properties to support my wife and i through...
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1st offer-
Style- 2fam, 2bd/1ba each unit, 950sq.ft each
ARV- 185
List price- 104(REO)
Offer- 80K
repairs- 15K
Strategy- live in one, rent the other @ 1050/mo( below area average by $50)
2nd offer
Style- half duplex,...
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Hello everyone. My name is Jonno. As stated in my subject heading, I'm brand new to real estate. I live in and intend to invest in the inland empire area of Southern California. Right now, I am in the learning sta...
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I don't know why I haven't posted something like this on here before. I've posted stuff like this on facebook, but never on here, and I think this crowd will appreciate it and it may be useful to you. I'm a self procl...
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Hi all, I hope everyone is doing well during these challenging times. I just wanted to give a few quick words of encouragement. I see far too many beginners bringing up people’s opinions who quite frankly just don’t m...
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Greeting everyone! I remember reading Rich Dad Poor Dad and getting hooked to start investing in real estate. I joined the military and married/had kids young which is not a good situation financialy when trying to fi...
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59900 duplex $550 4-2FB -- $325 2-1FBI'm shooting for a conventional load (20%). I'm going to keep $5000 for cost to make rent ready (although it doesn't look like it needs it), 6% for vacancy, 6% for maintenance, 10%...
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Folks...
So what do you do when they request highest and best to stay in the game on a house?
What are your strategies?
You increase a little (couple grand or 5k or 1k or substantial increase)
Or you don't incre...