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I'm excited to be here and connect with like-minded investors! My name is Tyler, and I'm currently a college student who recently landed a unique job opportunity starting in June 2025. For...
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Why can a mortgage be only 50% of your income? For many, we pay 90% or more towards rent. Why so strict for a mortgage?Seems like the system is designed to make you fail...
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Hey everyone, my husband and I run our General Contracting business in and around Bellingham Washington. I'm now holding down the fort with our newest addition who is only 4 months old but had been working along side...
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I'm looking at a building that is zoned B-1 business and plan to convert it to 3 airbnb units. Once the build out is complete, how would an appraiser value the building given that use? Would they use comps for other B...
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*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.I am in a negotiation to acquire a mixed use building in the suburbs of Chicago. This is my first mixed...
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I currently am building spec homes in a rural area in Colorado and have been self funding the spec builds. I am looking into getting a SPEC line of credit for 1MM or 1.5MM. Each project cost is around the 400k market ...
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2008 and 2020 are both years with unprecedented events that impact the economy, and hence real estate.History repeats itself, so are some lessons learned.For real estate investors who have lived through 2008, my quest...
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Hi All!My name is Danyal and I am so thrilled to be part of a forum with people from different backgrounds yet w/ like minded goals! All of my friends do not understand my ambitions and dreams for becoming an investor...
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Hello, is this a deal if its actual information? I see a cash flow of $36,876 / 12 =$3073 monthly. Down Payment of $415,000 looks like the difference of the Selling Price to existing Loan balance. I guess it would b...