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Hi ALL, I am a Real Estate Broker in Hartford County and I lost my first investment property deal because of the following: House appraised at 80,000Sales Price: 117,500ARV 125,000The bank would not come down to the a...
I am so excited to be joining a network of amazing individuals who are so passionate about real estate and investing and I am eager to learn as much as I can. My name is Jonathan and I grew up in a small town in the N...
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I've been focusing on wraps instead of rentals because I find that the margins here in the DFW area are really tough to cashflow for rentals (if you are conservative with reserves). Also property taxes go up so much a...
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Hi all! Fairly basic question. I am looking at a two unit property that is fully rented, and can't make the numbers work using an FHA loan. I have the capital to put a little more down with a conventional loan (15-20%...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Lincoln.
Purchase price: $42,500
Cash invested: $1
Contributors:
Mark Golden
This house was abandoned for 9 years...
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Howdy,
My name is Jacob Bopst. So, it's 2015, I'm this 21 year old punk kid still living at my parents, and I've never done a real estate deal in my life. I just got done reading the book, "Nothing Down for the 2000...
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My wife and I are looking to start our investing journey soon, but trying to decide what our particular starting strategy should be. Currently, we live in a family owned house that we pay $1000 month with zero interes...
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Can a new full time investor do a cash out refinance on their first investment property? What are the steps to do so?
So...I bought my first property in Dec 2014 and finished the rehab in February. Spent all of March working to get the Section 8 inspector in (failed the first time around), and am finishing up the "fix" items so I ca...
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My friend has 2 houses. The 1st house was bought in 1999 for $45,000 and he bought it with cash, lived in it while he re-modeled/repaired it, and then bought a 2nd house in 2012 for $100,000 with a conventional home ...