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Hey, BP! My wife and I have closed on our first ever property, investment or otherwise. We bought it through a hard money lender at 1%/month and 10% down. What I am now trying to do is refinance it so I can have my...
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So we had our monthly auction in Texas yesterday and one of the deals we had tied up got auctioned off. Apparently the seller had been served notice at the property he was selling to us instead of his homestead. My ...
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1.What typically happens when the process server fails to serve a summons after so many tries?2. What is a sub serve summons? Does it count as served?3. How often do you “put eyes” on your assets in FC esp. when its a...
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Any Houston, Tx realtors on here that wouldn't mind pulling comps for me? This is the only part of the process that is really slowing me up.
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I'm looking for anyone who has experience with this sort of setup.I have a group of 8 investors (friends/family) that are want to pool money to invest in real estate. I would be one of the investors as well as handle...
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This is for the new investors just getting started. How should they go about approaching private lenders for capital to purchase property? Which would you say should come first? Find the deal first or find private len...
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Hi all,I have a triplex rental property which I do not live in. I wish to do renovations on it. The lenders I've spoken to do not offer HELOC or home equity loans for triplex rental properties. I've only found cash ou...
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My tenant emailed an ESA letter notifying me that he would be moving his cat into my SFR home immediately (he left the cat behind 2 years ago & suddenly he needs the cat to sleep due to a disability). I am exem...
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Curious to see what the average time frame is. It seems to be about 7 years from what I've seen so far.
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Hi, I'm new to biggerpockets and looking for some advice on first time lending. I am thinking about privately lending to a friend who has many years of successful REI experience. One of my concerns is usury laws. I li...