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I recently did a rehab on my personal residence. Instead of selling, I will refinance, get cash out to pay off the refi and put myself in a zero debt position (except for the mortgage) to allow easier lending on inves...
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I just had what seemed to be a great family of 3 come look at an apartment I'm renting. When it came time to fill out the application they asked if a Passport number (not from the US) would be Ok as they didnt have a...
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I’m interested in investing in northwest suburbs of Chicago but recently read a 2022 year end report that take about negative net migration in Illinois, specifically in cook county and city of Chicago. I could see suc...
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I have some applicants for a rental property coming out on Thursday, how do I run a credit report on them? What am I looking for on the credit report? Any advice is appreciated.
Sean
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At what point is it considered too risky to not be investing in real estate?
Rents are up, our financing is locked in for 5-30 years, and we have control over management. The same can’t be said about my retirement ...
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We have a new-to-us class c quadplex in Avondale in Cincinnati. Tenant A moved in 1 Feb. Tenant B moved in 5 Mar. Tenant C moved in 7 Apr. Tenant C reported on Apr 10 that she smelled marijuana so strongly when she w...
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Should we refom health care? Do we leave thing the way they are? Do we pay $800 co-pay per month and then bail out banks? Are we listening to our president or do we disagree just to disagree? Please share how you feel.
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This came up in another thread and I thought it worth having its own discussion.
What do you think would encourage those people who come and read the site (available to non-members) to sign up and participate?
Ideas...
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Hi everyone,First off I hope I have this in the proper category because quite frankly, modular construction falls under many categories including real estate technology, real estate development, commercial real estate...