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Hello Community! My name is Ruka, but I go by Luke. I work in Saudi Arabia at the world's largest oil company. I am interested in buying real eatate in Chicago, a city I went to grad school in and where I got my firs...
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I've been approached by agents who have suggested working for certain companies that give you 100% commission and no desk fees. They are legitimate brokerages; however, is this something that I should be leery about??...
Im looking at a townhouse investment. This is my first potential deal. I like it for several reasons. For one, it appears to be virtually turnkey. This is a new townhouse development that is not yet complete in constr...
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I currently own a buy and hold rental in Baltimore, and plan to relocate my primary residence to the DFW area. Once I settle in, I plan to purchase another buy and hold rental in TX. In which state should I file for...
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Hi all,
I'm looking to purchase my first investment property in my area, North Texas, in the next few months. I can live in the property but do not have to.My question is, how can I find and gauge weather or not an a...
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I bought my first rental condo back in February/March, and just now realizing the gaps in how things were identified to me both by the seller/realtor and the home inspector recommended by the Seller agent. Besides rea...
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Do you need an LLC to report business expenses when filing taxes?This is a question I have had for a while, have researched and talked to a few people about it, but I can't seem to get a straight answer on. I even con...
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Hey! Currently flipping a property (blast podcast all day every day haha) but we are finishing up here ourselves and we would like to try selling without an agent, legalities aside (we have attorneys and everything fo...
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I'm close to purchasing my second Multi-family unit in a different state. My 1st is a 6 unit in NYC my 2nd should be a 19 unit in Ohio. Just wondering when would be a good a good time to incorporate the property, if a...
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Hello guys, I am in talks with a property owner who wants to sell. This is going to be a Wholesale deal. Disclosure: I'm off to a super beginner start so I may have screwed up or don't have enough information so I hop...