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I maybe going into contract soon on a duplex. The lender I was planning on using now is requiring 35% down payment since I am Canadian investing in USA. I have another lender who can do 20% but I need to personally qu...
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My wife are in escrow on our first rental property purchase (in the Columbus, Ohio market) and are underway with inspection, finalizing the loan, getting quotes on homeowners insurance, interviewing property managers,...
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Hello All,What are your best practices that you use to analyze a certain market or neighborhood in order to figure if you want to invest there or not? (I am looking at this from a macro level)What are the trends that ...
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TL;DR: We are good at long term rentals, but we want a beach house. Is that a bad idea?Background: My husband and I own a few (mostly local) long-term rentals that all have a positive cash flow. While I'm not finding ...
Hello Everyone, I just want to say that I appreciate any friendly help that is sent my way in advance!My partner and I are just starting out with getting into real estate, and we feel that we should take some steps to...
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Hi all,I'm just starting my real estate investor journey. I have a property I'm my crosshairs, but before I pull the trigger I'd like to get some community feedback on the best entity to purchase under for tax benefit...
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Hey team! I am doing LOI for 12-unit commercial property. They want escrow money at 2% of asking to submit a LOI. Is this normal? FYI. This is my first commercial property I am pursuing. We didn't do a LOI with my oth...