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A recent episode of the Netflix show called Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj recently came out and in my personal opinion, perverted the truth when it comes to what so many of us do with real estate investing. Has anyon...
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Long story (which I'll try to make it short), but we did what we "thought" was going to be a hard money loan for a fix/flip. Did what we thought was diligent research on the individual and company. They had a good hi...
So I'm interested in how house flippers make their profit. From my perspective, they put a down payment on a house, get a hard money loan to pay the rest, use the remaining for the repairs, when it's finished the pric...
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What is the best way to choose property management or is it best to manage yourself?
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How difficult is it to do fix and flips while working a full time job? What are some of the challenges and how could you overcome them.
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I am looking to buy a duplex which is fully rented till July 2022. As it is fully rented and I don’t anticipate tenant turnover, I am leaning towards not hiring a property management firm to manage the duplex, screen ...
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Hi All,
Pre-approved by lender for 3.5 down on FHA. Shopping for a house hack 2 unit in Chicago. Want to do low down payment and maybe 203k loan. Lender suggested it and was fine with it.
However, my current agent s...
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Hey All- This topic has been posted about in the past but not within the last year or so; wondering if anything has changed:-Is it a risky and/or potentially illegal operation to rent out a basement/in-law 3rd unit in...
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I'm looking to buy a turnkey property soon. I've looked into a couple so far and see that their property management charges a lot for lease renewals ($175-250). They also keep the late fees if a tenant is late on rent...
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Well after a hiatus from trying to do Wholesaling 3 years ago, I am trying to get back on the horse...I am I guess still a 'newbie', nevertheless I have a question:
I have a an Absentee owner, who wants to get rid of...