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Titles says it all. I'm ready to buy but according to Financial Times, markets are predicting 1 full percentage drop in rates this year. I was reading a report and an "expert" was predicting 1.5 next year. That's 2.5 ...
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I've been looking into ways of getting into real estate by doing short sales with banks as my first avenue to get started. I guess I would be considered a "bird dog." This would be to get me started. The whole fore...
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Hello BP Community,Have a question about my personal home. We are building a new home and did a construction to perm loan. We signed the contract last April and were originally supposed to be in by last fall. Here ...
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This is my first forum question, so thought I'd start out with something light, such as tax reform. I just re-read "The Fair Tax Book" by Neil Boortz and former Congressman Hal Linder. Has anyone read this book y...
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Here’s a strategy that I haven’t seen many (if anyone) talk about and I’m curious to see how the BP family would do it. Below are the benefits (I know of) that I can use:Please let me know if I’m missing anything. 4% ...
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Hi all,
I'm new to these forums and heard of it through Jaime Tardy's interview with Josh Dorkin. It was like the heavens have opened for me and here was this wonderful resource I had been missing all along!
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Hi,I have been wanting to invest in real estate for a while now and finally made a couple of investments back to back recently. They are both townhomes. We got a really good mortgage rate on one of them so there is ac...
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Has anyone done business with Virgo Finance Company?
Any reviews/complaints will help.
Good Morning Team,I currently own 2 investment properties. I want to start buying more. With the goal being quarterly. Currently own my primary residence and 2 investment properties are a beach condo (short term) and ...
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I am new here and I am looking for a short brief description about how a private/hard money loan works from start to closing (typical process)...this might be helpful for both private parties that are interested in le...