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Hi All, I am new to investing and this is my first post. I have been looking for a market to buy in and a friend pointed me in the direction of Schenectady NY. I am based out of NYC so not crazy but far enough to be a...
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Hi! It seems like it is very hard to find properties that will cash flow for buy and hold investing in my area. So I'm looking into using direct mail to get deals. I will probably start with absentee owners and maybe ...
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Hello BP,I am in the process of applying for our first commercial loan. We have done numerous residential loans since we started investing about 2-3 years ago. The loan is for a multifamily residential property. One l...
I have been in the real estate investing/development field for over 20 years. I am a California licensed real estate broker. I represent numerous investors that invest in pre-development properties throughout the Unit...
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How does hard money lending work?
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I’m wanting to do a deal through Morris Invest.Have any of you tried using there turnkey platform? If you have what are your thoughts/opinion on it? What does your return on investment look like?
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I have a private investor(family friend of mine) interested in helping me fund a large acquisition. His main concern is that he will be in a 2nd lien position and he is afraid of what could happen to his investment i...
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It appears to me that the two metro cities that have already surpassed the previous peak median home prices are Dallas and Denver. Interestingly the Dallas housing market was pretty much recession proof during the ho...
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In October 2007, my husband and I bought two non-adjacent 3-acre lots in a development in the North Georgia Mountains (Jasper, GA). Our timing was perfect - NOT! :) At the time, our thought was that when all the kids ...
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So, my family and I have been searching for a primary residence for the past 8 months in one of the hottest real estate markets in the US. As you can imagine, its been tough as hell and we've consistently lost on eve...