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Hello from Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. After working for over 35 years as a registered landscape architect/urban design in nationally recognized multi-displine firms, and master planning residential and mixed-use commu...
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Hello, I am planning on buying my very first home. I currently live in Los Angeles and I am looking to buy my first rental property. I currently gross $85,000 a year but owe $56,000 on student loans. I've been aggress...
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Hello everyone,I am a newbie that wants to buy my first property. I’ve done the research on my own for years now but I am still not very confident about buying property in LA. Do I buy a condo/single family home and l...
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I am considering investing in rental properties in an area in which I am unfamiliar. One of my research steps is to interview a property manager or two in that area. I wonder if anyone has a suggestion or two of ques...
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At the risk of it being a rookie question - I didn't find anything in search that directly scratch the itch so I figured I would throw it out there for opinions here. Background: New to investing - this will be the fi...
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So I have an investor client who is using a hard money lender offering 7% and 2 points (the "broker" is adding 2 points and a $1000 application fee). They run credit, require 2 year tax returns, pay stubs, 10% down a...
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We are under contract for our first live-in-flip and will be using our current house as our first rental. We are going through the process of screening tenants and have had several people apply. Our current standards ...
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Hi guys, just signed up and wanted to introduce myself. I'm a full-time RE investor from San Francisco. Currently have properties in Austin and looking to expand to other parts of the country.
I am no means an exper...
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I just received my real estate license and I am working with Keller Williams. I work full time and I am trying to transition to be a full time investor. The only reason why I got my license was to be able to have acc...
Hi Guys,I am currently under contract with a medical office space in Houston. I intend to keep part of it for my own practice. It currently has a tenant occupying about 25% of the available space. I am still working o...