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Welcome to A Skeptical Dude’s Take on Real Estate: a frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets, from one real estate investor to another.
Coming at you live from Nashville, TN.
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2 months ago the bank accepted an offer for a short sale. Repairs were made and new appraisal was ordered. It came back higher. Now the bank wants more money because they said since the previous owner had a VA loan VA...
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Ok- subject is euros. Greece and Portugal are kinda messed up. Now, Germany and France are threatening to depart the euro. IF this were to happen, is euro dead? Are we(the U.S.) going to loan (read- give away) money t...
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Hey BP,Just trying to see what passive investors are getting into? Best sponsors? Or any advice/guidance about investing in Multi Family syndication
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I’ve heard some people state that they are waiting till after the elections to invest in property and wondering if it’s a major change whether who wins.
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The Federation of Exchange Accommodators (FEA) yesterday issued the following comment in response to President Biden’s American Families Plan, which proposes capping Section 1031 like-kind exchanges at $500,000:
Pres...
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Disclaimer this is only an idea I had a few months ago, but would like to know what you folks think.
The way I see it we pay taxes the $$ we pay is just spent as a matter of fact more $$ is being spent than we have. ...
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Hi all,I'm sharing this story in hopes others can learn from what I found to be a tough (and at times incredibly uncomfortable) situation, as well as looking for any insights as to how I could have handled this differ...
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I would be interest in buying the names and addresses of property owners that are delinquent for more than a year.
I would also really like to buy the name of any former property owner that is still within the redem...
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We are well into finishing now, lets show some photos and move on.post 37 - more finishingOn these smaller inner city jobs it makes a lot of sense to get the trim and door work done before the cabinets. Usually the ...