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Hi,Is it normal for a real estate broker to send you an off market deal and expect you to decide whether you want to buy it site unseen and without an inspection? They said there’s no way to get the down payment back ...
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I recently had an agent that I know over to talk about investment properties ect. I was really just looking to see what all he knew investment wise and if he'd be an agent I'd want to use if he knew his stuff.Well he'...
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I recently sent out my first direct mail campaign and I found a motivated seller right off the bat. She is out of state and not making payments on the house. The bank has moved in and winterized the property but I d...
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Friends,I'm looking to purchase my first investment in Oakland CA with cash. I met an agent that made a good impression but requires an exclusivity agreement (four months minimum).Would you sign such an agreement in t...
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Hi BP! I have a SFR rental in Austin and it is currently occupied by 4 roommates, and their lease is up at the end of July. 3 out of the 4 tenants would like to renew their lease, and they found a fourth roommate to c...
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I've had the good fortune thus far to have tenants move in pretty quickly (within a week of lease signing). But with my latest property I am experiencing what I think is more typical.....that a prospective tenant sig...
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Hello,
I am a new agent (we are talking less than a month in). I have rental clients that secured a lease - it was signed by both parties and security deposit was paid. Today, the listing agents calls me and says the...
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We've had 3 properties in Birmingham, with qualified voucher tenants waiting weeks for housing authority inspections. One property has been waiting 8 weeks. Our property management company says (i) it's caused by Covi...
Being a ventran investor for over 25 years with successes and dissapointments. Investing in rentals, land contacts, buying and selling properties has been profittable and enteraining and basically my entire way of mak...
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Hello, I was wondering...I found a property I am interested in, and I ran some numbers and it looks like a good deal on paper. I am sure I can negotiate the price to match property similar to this one, but upon furthe...