I almost have my license and I've been doing hours upon hours of research on what to do as an agent to get contracts signed. Everything I'm watching and reading is great but it's all related to closing deals with sell...
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I hate surprises.I have always been told, get to 80% loan to value and you can remove your PMI. I'm there.I call my mortgage servicer and say I'd like to remove my PMI and they say nope! Got to be at 75% LTV! What!? I...
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Instead of asking a question, I would like to present what I know, or think I know, and ask if I'm leaving something out or am completely wrong. I have several properties I am trying to control and before I do so, I w...
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Many people are familiar with 'survivorship bias' when it comes to mutual fund investing, the basics are this: a fund company may start many funds over its lifetime with different strategies. The ones that do poorly...
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Many investors talk about investing across the country in real estate without personally visiting the properties.
How do you determine the condition of properties, if they'll need improvement, how much improvements w...
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So I just posted my first article for the BiggerPockets blog. After hitting what I'd call a Grand Slam flip that produced a net profit of over $800,000, and at the risk of sounding boastful or as a braggart, I was co...
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Hey everyone, trying not to jump in the deep end before I can swim but my personality is to get over excited and ignore the warning signs. Hoping you all can sanity check me. After about 6 months and a few offers on d...
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Is it possible to be a landlord without being "rude" or worse? I rent houses that are between 1100 and 1400 sq ft and I tend to rent them in what some would call "B" neighborhoods. They aren't the worst around, but...
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Hi all!Would love to hear everyone's feed back on their thoughts for the best markets for short term rentals at a million dollar purchase price. Thanks in advance!
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I have been investing in the Memphis, TN market for four years now. It has been a journey and I have been cash flow positive but nothing too crazy to boast about. It's been up and down with expected repairs coming up ...