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hello everyone, im 20yrs old in the USAF.. i have about 15k saved up, and i would like to get involved in investing. what exactly should i do? i was thinkin more the lines on getting a loan for a house around 100k, us...
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does anyone know if lease options are legal in Forida, or if you need to have seperate lease contract and option contract?
thanks
jim
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Hi All!I’ll keep the details to a minimum (unimportant) and give you the meat of my situation. I quit my job to pursue real estate and another opportunity. We just sold our house and have very little debt (only studen...
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I’m getting started with real estate investment and I’m curious what was your first deal? As a newbie, I’m doing practice analyzing potential deals and think it’s helpful to hear different perspectives. What were yo...
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I can buy direct from an owner a 3 family at 155K. Here are the rents, $800, $750, $550. All rents without utilities. Taxes $350 per month. Estimate on insurance $150 per month. Not sure about maintenance, snow, lawn...
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I have a tenant who was paying on time. Now the tenant paid late the last 5 out of 7 month. I charge about 10% late fee after the 5th of the month. and a flat rate fee each day after.
This month I still haven...
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Hi BP,I bought a townhouse as my primary residence in 2006. Moved out in 2011 and converted it to a rental unit which I recently sold in 2015. My question is about how to treat the loss for tax purposes. I have a CPA ...
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My local courthouse told me that I can not use estate probate records for self gain. Would using them for finding motivated sellers be considered self gain if I'm helping them liquidate their property? I was asked mul...
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I am looking for some guidance with understanding the processes and specifics of buying multi family apartments and complexes in the Phoenix area. If anyone is willing to give me some guidance or know of anyone that m...
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I am doing direct mail marketing & have noticed that recently my response ratios have dropped. Just wondering if it's the holidays? Also have found lately that alot of the brokers & agents are dropping the bal...