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I live in an expensive market (Long Island), where breaking even or cash flowing on a property isn’t really possible right away. I’m 18 and currently living at home with low expenses.
My dilemma: Should I buy a duple...
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am 28yrs old in LA working in marketing. Right now I have about $20k in a high yield online savings and money market, and not exactly sure which I should focus on more - paying off student loans, saving to buy a h...
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In case you missed it, the online rent payment company eRentpayment has had major issues when their payment processor filed Ch 7 bankruptcy and casued a lot of investors rent to not get deposited. This started quite ...
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A lot has happened since my last post. I am not going to go into the details of the new circumstances, but long story short I now live in the Milwaukee area for work. It is very random how things happen but everything...
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Does anyone have any luck with smaller STR's? Do they all have to be houses with 5 bedrooms? I'm interested in a house on a lake that is only 1200 sf. I'd like to add another bed and bath to bump up the potential b...
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Apologies if the title sounds controversial but I'm trying to understand the real estate market in the Seattle eastside area. Especially with relation to single family homes. I see that home prices in the Redmond- Kir...
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Hello,
What is everyone's suggestion on the best markets to house hack currently (Q4 2023)? I'm assuming midwest (Ohio - Cincy?, Indy, Michigan - Ann Arbor area?). Maybe Illinios? Is Alabama/Birmingham good?
Just cu...
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Hi everyone, nice to meet you!
I’m an eager new investor working on getting my first single family househack. I plan to get a 3 bed with a garage which I will live in, and rent out the bedrooms. That being said, I wa...
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What is typical terms on owner financing a larger offering? I have a couple willing to owner finance 300k for a 12+ unit property on a low to middle income property they've held for 20 years. In negotiations, I want...