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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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I had a good professional friend tell me if I wanted to lease option my house, it would be a good idea to collect a due diligence fee and take the house off the market for a year and just lease the property to the ten...
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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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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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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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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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Currently on the lookout for reputable wholesalers specializing in single-family homes within the Cleveland, Ohio market. Seeking partners who possess a keen understanding of local real estate dynamics and can offer v...
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I am a graduate accounting student at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. I have been listening to podcasts and reading forum posts on BiggerPockets for the past 6 months or so. After graduation, I plan on sta...