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Hi BP members, A real estate investor offered to sell me a note which he has between himself (functions as bank) and a buyer of property. he offered to sell me the note for $45K. here are the details of the deal:Curr...
Hello All,
I'm new here, but have taken some time to read through this site for this question I have. Chances are, the answers here somewhere, but I couldn't find it. So I apologize in advance if I'm repeating a ques...
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I am hoping to get some suggestions on lenders/financing styles I should seek out and also overall deal strategy with a potential mixed use commercial building. Also overall strategy on how would you go about financin...
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Hello BP Community!I am new, or should I say newly active, to the site. I from Eastern WA state and am very motivated to learn and grow my real estate knowledge, talents, and network through this incredible community....
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Hello everybody,
Greetings from Austin. My name is Larry Powell and I'm a brand new investor. I've spent the last year getting educated in this business and most recently, I attended an excellent boot camp ...
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Matt Phair, HousingZone Contributing Editor
January 14, 2010
HousingZone
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas metro area heads the list of best real estate investment markets for 2010, according to FinestExpert.co...
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I'm still lost on the idea of Direct mail marketing... How exactly do you go about this? how do you find the people/houses to mail the letters too? do you go around driving and write a list of houses that may look lik...
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Howdy yall!!
I have a few questions regarding being a landlord as I will soon be doing my first rental here in Austin.
1) What site do you use to run credit/background/eviction checks? I understand ...
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I've seen many in different forums, but still trying to find an exact answer on this. I know a HELOC can be used as the 25% down payment for a residential property, but how would a Commercial Lender view using a HELOC...
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Any contractors or builders out there have a recommendation for a good construction cost estimating software that works well with smaller new build projects? <2 million construction cost?Ideally I would like someth...