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We just sent out our first batch of yellow letters to absentee owners that i hand wrote, basically saying " we noticed you have a house at 123 Main street, if you would consider selling please call us, we pay cash"...
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I've searched this forum and googled and checked irs.gov, and still fail to understand this requirement about ownership. Everyone seems to ask questions about the residence requirement which I get. You have to live th...
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Hello BP!I came across this site from an article Brandon Turner wrote. Relating to my age group and generation still paying college debt, building a career, but may or may not have a huge amount of disposal income an...
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Hi everyone! First post, yay! I'm completely new to BP and REI and have been trying to learn as much as possible. I live in the SF bay area (San Mateo), and my reading over the last few months seems to confirm that in...
Anyone ever heard of Realtors loaning the commission @ 2.25% interest rate as a Cash Out 2nd mortgage above 97% CLTV post closing? Example: 500,000 purchase x 3% $15,000 commission- 5,000 for tax realtor has t...
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I’ve been taking a look around my market and see tons of lead websites built by the popular site builders. Typically these websites from carrot and propeller have a lot of good strategies for helping people find your ...
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I’ve mentioned over the past few years to be careful how you pump and promote short term rentals to people in search of real estate. As I said before, when people take loses, they file lawsuits at anyone associated.Di...
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Yesterday there was a new post made by an experienced real estate investor whose sole purpose was to take a dump on new investors for no reason other than to feed a delicate ego.
So I felt it appropriate to say my th...