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“Conservative underwriting is dead.”
Rob Beardsley brings up a great point. It’s extremely difficult to be an active real estate investor in this market if you are using extremely conservative underwriting technique...
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My scenario: I have 40k$ in cash right now. 10K$ in stocks. Me and wife both have W2 jobs. We both want to retire in 10 years from now with 10k$ in cash flow per month.
Goal: Buy SFH rental property and rent them ou...
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Hello! I'm a new investor seeking help with a long term situation. While I was I the service, I was stationed in Valdosta, GA. I purchased my first home in March 2008 through a VA loan (0 down payment) for $159,000 w...
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It's hard to say exactly what the future will be like, but it seems likely that short-term rentals could become more popular in the years ahead. This would mean an increase in available units and lower prices for thos...
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Astoria, Queens: Two-Family Properties, good investment?
Intro
Astoria, Queens, has long been known for its culture, heavily influenced by European countries like Greece, Italy, Germany, Poland, Croatia, and other c...
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I talked to Brian Gibbons today for around 30 minutes. He gave me a short description of some of the ways to invest in Real Estate and then talked to me about what I want to do with real estate. Of course he was tryin...
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ok guys and gals. I learned my lesson from the last one. I was missing a lot of data. This time I decided to make my own spreadsheet instead of using someone else's. It is moderately detailed. The grey areas are the a...
Alright so I'm sure there are a lot of good complete systems/programs that people have developed but if you had to choose one single thing you do that has the biggest impact on your success, what would it be?
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An "as is" FSBO in suburban area, what do I do? This will possibly be my 1st wholesale deal but I don't have a buyer, my purchase contract I'm not sure is correct and don't have money to get it checked by an attorney....
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I'm hoping the big marketing folks will chime in and provide some stats on the DEAL rate between postcards and yellow letters. I understand that yellow letters have a higher response rate, but rarely do I hear about ...