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Friday July 12, 2024 - by Scott Brixley
Real Estate News in Brief
Rate cuts are definitely coming. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell sounded a bit more dovish in his testimony to Congress, and then the CPI inflation ...
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Here is the scenario:
Person A is a divorcee who is underwater on her primary residence. It is a national lender who services the loan and she wants to list the property with a broker. She wants to short sell the pro...
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We need some advice. My husband and I have been looking forward to moving to Draper, UT for the past year. We locked in a house at $559k in Nov 2020, and were told it would be finished late spring to early summer. We ...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment.
Purchase price: $162,000
Cash invested: $60,000
Sale price: $290,000
Contributors:
Peter Vekselman
Partner Driv...
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I have come across a lot of opportunities where a home owner wants out of their original fixed loans/mortgages for various reasons. Thing is all I have come across are current on all payments. After looking at the si...
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Can you use hard money loans to purchase foreclosures? If so, what will you need to bring as proof to the auction?
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How do you pull comps when all recent sales in the target neighborhood are smaller than the target property? I'm looking at a 2200 sq ft house in an area where nearly all recent sales are closer to 1500 sq ft. All are...
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Hi everyoneI see a few turnkey deals posted here every day or so. When Cleveland area turnkey properties are posted for sale, are they typically available for showing? By definition, they are tenant occupied... So do...
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I started my DFD campaign a few months back and I kept getting a letter that kept coming back to me Undeliverable. Just saw online the house is going to Probate Auction Kennedy Wilson. I want to purchase this house fo...
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We have been buying real estate but we are making an offer on our first short sale and I am not familiar with short sales and I know every house and market is different but I was wondering what % do you usually go in ...