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Hey there,I'm a 17 year old student from Ireland and i was just wondering if anyone could give me some advice on how to get started in real estate. Any advice would be great.Thank you,-Alex
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I own two rental properties - one in which I'm househacking and the other I completely rent out. My insurance company, up until recently, was USAA. I've never had an issue with them, and thought they offered decent ra...
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I have a 4-unit MFR under contract and I am comparing financing options for down payments of 10% and below. Not surprisingly, banks are pitching me hard on the FHA loan, which would carry a 1.75% upfront MIP rolled in...
We have 15-20 properties at any given time and looking for something different than NREIG. Please drop any names of real estate insurance companies’ you guys use. I am having zero luck on google. We are based out of A...
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Hi BP,
Is it advisable to get a home warranty for older rental property (built around the 1940s) ?
Any recommendations in Ohio?
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I was listening to some old podcasts from "The Real Estate Guys" today. They had a special guest speaking about using life insurance as a better bank account for REI's.
Has anyone used Whole Life Insurance as a bank...
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So I am picking out my first buy and hold investment property. I bought our primary home under my name (she is not on the lease). Talked to a lender, and he suggested we put a 2nd mortgage on the investment property ...
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How do you evaluate a hard money or private money lender?
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One very common strategy in my market is to take a distressed building, throw all the tenants out and flip it to the max. We're talking high-quality renovations to reach the top of the market rents. For example you ta...
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I have a 4plex and two of the tenants moved out at the same time. Currently I am putting in new flooring, painting, appliances, etc. in both of the units.The question is should I stagger the ending lease dates when I ...