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My name's Shawn. I'm new to this forum. I've been reading these for a while, but I've never posted on here. WE have a couple rental houses around Mobile, Al. WE have had current tenants in on rental for over 2 yrs...
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I started buying rental property five years ago to create a passive income stream. At the time, my realtor and friend who helped me buy the fourplex said “watch out, Real Estate is like crack.” For me truer words ha...
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So, stupid question... Is there EVER a time when it would make sense to buy when there is no equity in a property? For example, a house is in very good condition, and the seller is motivated, but has no equity. Wou...
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This week, one of the huge fires in California is close to my rental properties, which are a few hours' drive from my home. I was visiting my rentals last week; the sky was ugly with smoke, and everything was blankete...
My tenant's 12 month lease ends July 31 and I was informed they wish to renew. However I just learned the tenant moved in their 21 year old son without my knowledge and the son has been living there the past two or th...
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Whats up investor friends? I had an interesting conversation with a longtime Denver investor who said 'I dont know why ANYONE would buy multi-family investment properties right now.' I know his reasons but am eager to...
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So I’ve been researching the brrrr method, and have found it very helpful, I’ve learned that you can refinance almost immediately using hard money lenders. My question is why does it take so long for people to reach 1...
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Hello, all!I've had an interest in real estate for a few years now, but was always nervous about the instability of the market to ever put money towards any REIT... until now. I've faced my fears and invested with the...
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Unless someone can prove otherwise, I’m fairly certain I was just scammed out of $3,400 by a supposed “Lead Provider.” I’m sharing my story so everyone can be aware and hopefully avoid the same experience.
I received...
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curious to know what others are using for their skip tracing needs... advantanges and disadvantages