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I invested in real estate heavily - when I sold real estate in Colorado. Ended up with a lot of negative cash flow properties and my husband got a once in a lifetime job offer in another state - so we sold everythin...
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Real estate expert Fabian Calvo says there’s more to the story about rising prices in the housing market than what’s reported by the mainstream media. Calvo charges, “There’s a tremendous amount of manipulation . . ....
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I am a retired 64-year-old with about $490k in a 401k. It seems like all the information, tips, strategies, etc. that I find on the subject are directed at folks for whom retirement is years (if not decades) away. In ...
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So the MegaMillions Lottery is upwards of 1/2 of a Billion Dollars to the winner this Friday.
Thought a brief discussion could be fun:
1. Lump Sum or Annuity?
2. Creative ways to Minimize Taxes on Winnings? (Rich, a...
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I've talked about Palm Beach County being one of the first counties to eliminate the use of multiple sub accounts in their auctions, I speculated that it would be great to level the playing field in terms of ind...
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What are the most critical questions to ask a new contractor when you are going through the vetting process? For example let's say I'm preparing to do my first flip but I do not have a specific property yet and I'm ju...
New to the forum and site - I am a novice buy and hold investor, looking to find an initial cash flow positive property (and several more). Even with a 25% down payment (typical requirement for a mortgage company/bank...
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I just appraised a 48 unit, 6 story building constructed in 1965. It is located in a nice suburb of Boston but not premier location. Value based on current market data: $185,000 per unit, 11 PGIM, 5.5% cap rate.
Is...
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What is everyone's best advice for where to store your cash flow. I currently have a single family property averaging $330 a month in cash flow which is going into a basic checking account seperate from personal. This...
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I'm new to the site and would love to hear some success stories with people who have invested with remax/fig in Utah or Texas. They are building new fourplex units and advertising compelling cap rates in their pro for...