I am new at investing and have not worked with an agent much so not sure what is considered normal practice. Mistake #1 I wanted information on the listing that I saw on Zillow and so I just submitted a question rathe...
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I have a couple of short term rentals, definitely under 7 days average rental period. When I bought them several years ago, I started off depreciating them over 27.5 years, but after reading much conflicting informati...
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Hi,So my friend's dad is building a ~600 sq ft ADU in southern California and on the drawings it says:"Per Title 24, the BTU/HR rating for the equipment are:Total water heater: 199.7K BTU/HRTotal heating equipment: 20...
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Hi All,Wondering if anyone else has seen this. It's an off-market listing with a buyer paid commission of 3%. I'm guessing you can't negotiate that.Has anyone else come across this?Thanks.
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Hello everybody, we have a 5bed/3bath single-family investment property in Forest Park, GA and my wife and I know that our zoning area allows duplexes. Since we have some land behind our property, we're thinking about...
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Linky link, published last week. Here's a snip of the Bay Area, but feel free to talk about your area:
If you're a cash buyer, this will let you know where that won't really impress anyone. If you're a financed buyer...
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Hopefully this is the right forum as I haven't gotten the property (yet). If it'd be better somewhere else, please let me know. Thanks in advance.Investment Info:4/2 w detacted 1 car garage. Foreclosure/eviction in my...
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Hi! My partner and I are trying to close on our first off market deal and were planning on using a private investor for the down payment. However, our mortgage lender will not approve us using someone else's money, in...
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Here is a CNBC story on using Pokemon to try to drive foot traffic. (I'm not convinced that this will make much of a difference.)
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Since there are such short windows, especially with good deals, how do you guys manage to get accurate rehab estimates and arvs if most deals go so quickly? I assume you put in the offer contingent on inspection, then...