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My lender gave me a quote on a 10% down on 300k. The monthly PMI was $45. I mentioned this to a friend of mine and he thought that was abnormally low. From my recollection, I thought it was low as well so I googled it...
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Dear all,
I have a rental property. To calculate the tax, do I use the whole mortgage or only the interest for the total expense?
Thanks for your help,
Hoang
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Greetings community of BiggerPockets, I work full time as a truck driver, but I realize there is so much more I could be doing with my life which is why I started taking interest in real estate. I want to achieve fina...
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Hey all,
New here -- a friend and I are looking to start flipping houses in our area (Pioneer Valley, MA). She has money and I have remodeling skills. I've been analyzing properties with the calculator, reading The B...
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Relevant article in today's NBCNews.com regarding alleged illegal eviction activities by some landlords.https://www.nbcnews.com/news/u...
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WOW!!!
nice job Josh!!
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obviously there's no way all 30k are active members on the forum. But out of curiosity do you ever delete inactive members after a certain amount of time of inacti...
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For those of you in the flipping business. Can I pay myself for work done on a flip? I am looking for tax write offs to help reduce capital gains for profits made on a flip purchased in late 2016- and sold in early ...
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I don't see how this ends well
http://m.chron.com/neighborhood/heights/real-estate/article/300K-Houston-home-for-sale-for-150-plus-a-200-word-6263518.php
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Interesting article in the New York Times about "Real Estate Shell Companies Scheme to Defraud Owners Out of Their Homes". The story details Shell Companies that target desperate, poor sellers in neighborhoods in Broo...