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Home prices in March were 13.2% higher in March, compared with March 2020, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index. That’s up from the 12% annual gain in February, and it marks the 10...
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Hi everyone. I’m brand new in real estate and would love to find some awesome groups in Chicago/South Suburbs that I could meet up with and start networking! Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
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Just wanted to brag about my wife for a second. I can't say enough how proud I am of her! Part of our business plan was for her to get licensed. She works full time and took an accelerated 6 week self study course ...
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Is anyone familiar with Fully Paid Lending Program that are offered by multiple brokerages? What are the risks? From my google research it seems that the only risks are *Contributing to fall of stock price as short...
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If you guessed D then you are right!
You usually can’t depreciate your primary home or vacation home if those properties don’t generate any income.
Even more interesting, if you are a real estate investor, in a...
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I'd love to buy property and use it as a Short Term Rental or even medium Term Rental so that I can use it for 6 months out of the year, and rent it the rest while I'm traveling.I'm technically based in San Francisco,...
Hi all, I'm looking to see if anyone has created a model/spreadsheet that shows how long-term cash flow is affected by additional principal payments on properties. For example, I am looking to purchase 1 property each...
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My target property for an Agritourism project has a ~$1.3M forestry grant for understory maintenance, ecosystem enhancement, and wildfire mitigation. I'm seeking a loan of 54%-65% LTV ($700k-$845k) against the Federal...
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Has anyone had any experience with Vodyssey? I've reviewed some of their materials and met with them today. I'm interested in accelerating my journey into short-term rental investing and thought I'd check in here to s...
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Land Trust Assumable Loan?
So perusing things, I cam across this gem:
Making Loans “Assumable”. A non-assumable loan can become effectively assumed by using a land trust. The seller transfers title into a land trust...