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The Bush administration developed an effort to confront the worst U.S. financial crisis in decades, describing a plan that could cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars to buy up bad mortgages and other toxic d...
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Hi
Ive been reading around here a bit, but not a lot of posting...and now I have a question/story.
A few months ago, I bought a small 2B/1B home in a senior area. It was a good deal at the time because it was in po...
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The cash flow purists are going to hunt me down and beat me for this one, but here it goes.
2 years ago I bought a property (foreclosure, on MLS) for 26K, put a ton of money into it but got energy rebates. Ended up...
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Hey all,So I’m tossing around the idea of buying a STR with the intention of my family getting use out of it.Currently I live in South Jersey and my family travels to Florida a few times a year, In the summer we spend...
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Hello my name is Irma and my husband and I purchased two 5 acre blocks 10 years ago as an investment. Now that they are paid off, I'd like to know what I should do with them. We are living in interesting times around ...
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Sorry this is long but I need others input.
Hang in here with me please.
We are first time renters. We found a home in a nice area, listing says "Beautiful Home ...great for a family"...boasts all our needs in a home...
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I ran across this article this morning on Business Insider. It is painted with broad strokes, but it still has some data that could be troubling or encouraging depending on which side of the fence you sit. I just wa...
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Hello Everyone, I am a 19 y/o Freshman in college, studying business and I wanted know if your college education has helped you in your REI investment careers? If you don't have a college education, do you think you w...
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We're evaluating options as we think about integrating a flip or two per year, in addition to our buy and hold efforts. In doing so, we're wondering what typical broker/agent splits are.
Also I'd be curious on folks...
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Zillow is showing a home in the neighborhood next to my primary residence (literally one tenth of a mile away) in "pre-foreclosure" status. It states the loan is in default and even gives the foreclosure attorney's na...