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Hey there BPers, I'm J. Harley Hughes(My real name is Justin, but I'm trying to establish a brand here). I got interested in real estate investing at the tender age of 10, when my grandfather offered me a summer job ...
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After finding the right home to buy,finding out how much to offer for that home is the next challengethat a home buyer needs to undertake. Buyers have two things to worryabout: offering too little or offering too much...
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Hello BP,
We are trying to work with Chase Bank on a short sale. The existing mortgage is around $80,000 and we offered $25,000. We sent a preliminary letter of disclosure for potential short sale and are waiting to h...
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A strategy that I have used, & others have advocated is to approach a listing agent & offering to allow him/her to represent me as the buyer.
By doing so, the agent gets both the buyer's & the seller's ...
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Possibly a particular request, however, my partner and are licensed brokers in New York and Connecticut. As some may know, we already run a property management company for our own properties and have started to add ou...
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Anyone aware if there is a time limit that REO listing agents have to list a property as pending? Do they even have to list it as pending at all?
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Nearly all real estate brokers in the Greater Seattle Area join the NWMLS (Northwest Multiple Listing Service) and nearly all the listings the buyers can find online are from NWMLS. For many years, NWMLS obliges the ...
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Do I need to be a real estate broker to be able to screen tenants on behalf of other landlords for a fee? Im in California if that makes any difference. Being a landlord for some time, I've learned the best ways to sc...
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Hi, I am in the process of negotiating a contract to buy a house. I live in California. Today, the counter offer was back with signature said "per phone conversation with seller", signed by seller's agent. I wonder if...
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The highest and best offer game. So we made an offer on a property. They took several days and then sent out an email that there were multiple offers and please submit our highest and best. We have seen that game seve...