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Hi everyone:A curious question wondering if anyone ran into the same thing. I went to a tax lien sale today, and it was a very well attended and competitive one. All interest were bid down to 0 and with ridiculous amo...
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How's it going.
Does anyone have any familiarity with the west side of chicago? What areas are good for flips? What areas are good for rentals?also on average how are the property taxes? IL property taxes can make s...
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Hello! I have been listening to the podcast for a while now and have ignored the request from Josh and brandon to introduce myself at the end of every episode. (Sorry!) So here I am! Big thank you to the guys for ge...
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Hi, my name is Delany and I am just staring in realestate. I grew up in Alaska, but I train horses and the conditions just aren't great for outside work year round, so I moved to the states. I have seen information on...
If you are an accredited investor and could start over again, would you actively own a property or invest in a reputable passive deal (Crowd-funding, Syndicate)? There's a lot of control with value add but passive dea...
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I'm curious if anyone here has set up their own trusts (living trusts) without the help of attorneys. There's so much information out there and some sites claim you can do it yourself. There's youtube videos on how to...
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One of the main reasons of using LLC to buy properties is to limit the liability. I have heard investors buy each property under different LLC's to further limit the liability to just that property. I think umbrella p...
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I was curious if anybody here is using QR codes, either on their business cards, brochures, web sites, etc.
If so, how exactly are you utilizing them? Do you code your phone number on your business card or have it p...
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From CNBC article today ....
"Multiple sources now tell me that the Administration, specifically over at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is considering ways to get more investors into the housing ma...
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I'm an REO agent representing many banks and doing very well. I am not very experienced with short sale listings though. Just read an article about REO being dead and short sales are where it's at. My experience with ...