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We are working to make our full time residence a short term rental. Five years ago we listed our property on STR sites and had one booking immediately. It went well, we got a five star review. It was a ton of work ...
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There is a petition available for Real Estate Investors to say that Seller Financing needs to be exempt from Dodd Frank.Read the petition.http://savesellerfinancing.org/cfpb-action-letter/"We are asking the Consumer ...
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I am an MLO in California. The Exemptions in California follow the Federal law. I am doing a survey. What are the laws in each of the other states with respect to exemptions and seller financing?Thanks in advance for ...
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We bought a foreclosure in 2008 in Sacramento County that had a large addition and we didn't check for permits. I know, I've learned a valuable lesson.
We were trying to refinance the property and for whatever reaso...
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I am buying a condo without a title company. I know most people will say to use one, but I've done the title search and am confident that the seller is the only owner and that the only encumbrance is a mortgage. I als...
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I have a newbie question.What differences are there in analyzing a lease option property versus combining buy and hold analysis with a flip analysis?I want to have LO as an exit strategy along with Flip and Hold.I kno...
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Last year I purchased two fourplexes in a low income housing neighborhood in Ft Lauderdale. Three years prior to my purchase I lived no more than 3 blocks from the area I recently purchased in and while I was there I ...
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Hey BP,I have been researching Lease Options and have been getting mixed reviews on who is responsible for maintenance on the property. Prior to doing research on lease options, I would have said that the Owner/Seller...
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When someone responds to a rental ad and asks if section 8 is accepted, what's the best way to say no to avoid discrimination?
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What do you think about the following AP story from The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA?
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Federal report says home-flipping drove the housing bubble
By Cristina Silva
The Associated Press
Publis...