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We have a couple ready to rent our SFH and want to do a credit and background check. Wondering which services are good and/or which ones to avoid. TIA!
Hey everyone! First post and very excited to be on the forums and post for the first time. I live in Ketchikan Alaska, the house prices are very high in this area, but there is the occasional deal. So my situation. I ...
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Hi, I’m just starting out in my real estate investing journey and am looking to buy a single family home to buy and hold as a long-term rental. Do I need to have an LLC set up prior to obtaining a loan or can I have t...
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Hello, I’m newly first timer real estate investor. I took a course that went over in depth how to flip houses using OPM (Other People’s Money) the course although in dept and very informative didn’t really discuss tha...
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Hello everybody, I wanted to know how long you have to wait to refi or get a line of credit on a property when you buy the house cash or with a hard money loan? Im interested in purchasing a property cash with either ...
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Just wanted to get some feedback from the community on a situation I encountered. Tonight I went by my rental to check for a package for the previous tenant that had supposedly been sent there. I knocked on the door a...
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I am not sure what to do looking for advice. I bought a house December 31, 2018 from a realtor in Indiana. The house was rehabbed and put back on the market with the same realtor on May 24, 2019. The house was shown 5...
Hi everyone. I've had a potential opportunity come up but I'm having some difficulty with structuring a deal for it.A bit of background. I moved into a Triplex in Montreal about 4 months ago, as a renter. The landl...
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Hello All,Been part of the BiggerPockets community for about a month now and have been looking at properties in Chicago neighborhoods to house hack. I have found a couple that could be viable options, but wanted to po...
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Does anyone have an idea on what fair cap rate is in seattle? Everything in my area seems so low. Also is it common for seller to want 10% earnest money held back after feasibility test?