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Sarasota co. and SW Golf coast Fl. What's your guess where prices are going 6 mos & 1 year for homes ?
Reasons for the RE crash of 08- 09 seem over simplified. Some blaming bankers. I didn't see the soliciting to...
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This article just popped up in my Facebook feed. House Flippers Caused the US Housing Market Crash.It suggests that it was not subprime borrowers with bad credit who caused the crash, but investors, based on the fact...
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http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-fannie-mae-freddie-mac-mortgage-downpayment-20141208-story.html3% down government loans will be back for first time home buyers. This should increase the cost of American's #1 exp...
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This is my first post on the BP Forum and I am fairly certain before the ink drys most members already know the answer. But with over 20 years behind my belt in Real Estate Investing and Flipping the question is still...
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Hi BP team
Question- this is just hypothetical, What happens if you take out a home equity line of credit on your home that you have $40,000 worth of equity in, in order to use for a down payment on a second home, an...
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Hi my name is Jake Jensen, I am completely new to real estate understanding basic techniques some investors are using, and being lost and confused when trying to apply them to my special current situation that changes...
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Newsday has put together a report on the "Zombie House" epidemic found here on Long Island. It is a pretty interesting read.http://data.newsday.com/projects/long-island/zombie-houses/ It seems to me, the biggest issue...
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Thoughts?http://www.businessinsider.com/smart-money-getting-out-of-real-estate-2015-12
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Does anyone have any analytics on the future foreclosure market? I was speaking to a HUD representative and he informed me HUD is sitting on thousands of foreclosures. They intend to start releasing them in the 3rd of...
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Hi folks. Wife and I have bought and flipped a few houses in Connecticut, but had to back off after the market crashed 8 yrs ago... so it's been a while, but we're looking to get back in the saddle. We've parked our...