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There is nothing sane about what you have to be prepared to do in order to make a start in this business. Please take that as a given. The only thing I can fully agree with Grant Cardone about is his statement that re...
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I am super excited to say I met with my first motivated seller about an hour ago. Let me first say sorry if my post runs pretty long but here is how I got to where I am.I started my direct mail campaign on Tuesday nig...
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I'm going to be renting out a 3BR/3Bath, 1977 sqft house in San Jose, CA. I got an estimate of rent on the house from Zillow.com, which did not allow for the solar panels or my inclusion of the gardener. Even so, I ...
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About 4 weeks ago an Agent told me a seller had a double wide mobile home for sale. The agent and I meet a at a nearby place and I followed her to the property. We got to the property and looked at it inside and out....
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I'd like to get a survey going.When evaluating houses, what's your criteria for:1) Cash flow per door (e.g. $100)2) Cash-on-cash return on investment (e.g. 12%)3) Do you only use one metric or both? Does a house have ...
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I was reading Blake Morris' post in this thread here:
https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/52-rental-property-questions-landlording-issues/topics/106490-tenant-gives-deposit-to-hold-and-pay-first-months-re...
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I have a section 8 tenant. The FMR for my neighborhood is approximately $1000 which it turns out is uniform with the other houses around my unit. I am just saying $1000 to round it out and make it simple. The hous...
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I’m new to the investing in real estate world. So I have been doing the 2% and 50% rule and nothing around my area which is central ohio added up a positive cash flow? So say a house that cost 180k to create a positiv...
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Hey guys hope this reaches all of you well and you’re all staying safe during these times. I am currently finalizing my business plan for my Multifamily real estate investment business I am planning with my Dad. We ar...
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Hi everyone,I live in Toronto, Ontario, and I'm looking at a transaction. I was hoping I could get some help from the folks on this site. It's going to be a bit of a long-winded article, so please bear with me. Thanks...