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I've been reading on the 50% rule for calculating viability on a potential rental income property:
Gross monthly rent
-(minus)50% for operating expenses
______________________________(equals)
NOI(Net Operating Inco...
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Interesting read about Denver company Trelora, trying to take down the commission structure in Real Estate. Seems like agents are up in arms over this. Article below.
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_244...
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Background for those that don't know me: I am a full time real estate investor and I have invested in nearly every aspect of real estate. Recently, I have added transactional funding services to short sale and REO inv...
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I can go to work for local, experienced wholesaler who does a high volume of deals and wonder what I should consider upfront. Deals would be split for a year, and there is a modest fee to start. Like others have writt...
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I am not the absolute best real estate investor, nor am I a tire kicker thinking about getting into this...I own a little over 50 rental doors, I have owned a dozen small businesses and completed over 10 flips profiti...
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Need some advice. I'm looking at a 12 unit property that IMHO is overpriced because it breaks even ($0 cash flow) after all expenses and debt service (1.0 DSCR). Cap rate is 5.8% which doesn't seem too bad. I'm try...
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To summarize a long story: Daughter & her fam moved back home (with wife & I) in 2019 after son-in-law laid off. Covid hit in 2020 & he got back to work in late-mid 2020. My wife talked about selling or re...
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The Southern District of Ohio, in Columbus ruled that the City of Portsmouth Ohio’s occupational licensing requirements imposed rental property inspections and licensing fees upon the landlord, violating the Fourth Am...
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Has anyone used these people? Good or bad? I've heard that they have some upfront fees depending on how much you borrow?
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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...