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First I'd like to wish a happy and prosperous new year to everyone and may 2016 be the best one yet!...and on that note, hi! I should start off by helping you with the pronunciation of my name: "Swan-See". I'm origin...
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Hell there!So I live in Wisconsin and I'm currently trying to decide which of two cities I should start investing in, these being Madison and Milwaukee. From what I can gather they're both good cities but I just can't...
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....the lender is telling me I can't make more than 20% in the deal. They know there is a waiver for that but they don't have investors who will buy their loan if they do that. Sooooo, should I:
A) Forget about the...
Hey BP,
I was recently listening to the awesome interview that's in the BP blog that @Douglas Dowell did with securities attorney and syndicator Gene Trowbridge. It was full of some great i...
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Economic Update
(Monday, October 5, 2020)
The economic collapse sparked by the pandemic is triggering the most unequal recession in modern U.S. history, delivering only a mild setback for those at (or near) the...
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Has anyone used the hard money lending company, 'Do Hard Money' before? Is it standard for HMLs to ask for a one-time deposit of $3000 that includes: 1) evaluators going out to property to determine whether it's a go...
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I'm new to real estate, but I've been thinking of investing in self storage. I'm starting to have second thoughts after talking to a realtor. He's saying that it will be really tricky to convince banks to finance some...
I’ve been lurking on these forums for a long time and I think we’re ready to begin investing within the next year. We are looking to invest in MFR in Chicago and the surrounding burbs. Our criteria is as follows:A/B c...
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Hello All, I landed a single-family deal in Upton ma. The property is in great shape one of the best in town, no repair is needed, renovated in 2018. Valued at around 900K, trying to get it for 700K-750K by assuming a...
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Where in California are people having the most luck finding cashflowing properties? I'm in the central coast and it seems as the costs are simply too expensive to make the numbers work.-jordan