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WSJ column-The Great California Exodus
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304444604577340531861056966.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read
"Nearly four million more people have left the Golden State in the last t...
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Hi! New real estate investor here with a goal of investing to replace my income within the next 3 years. I live in the SF Bay Area, which is one of the most expensive real estate markets in the country, so my goal i...
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Over the past few weeks I have begun to get the sense that the San Francisco Bay Area market may be turning a corner. I have very little data to back up my feeling, and I am certainly not a market timing expert, so I ...
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Heard it more than once in podcasts that a good rule of thumb is getting a property rented out for 2% of the purchase price. Question: which market is this applicable? Is this only on certain states and expensive prop...
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Hi guysI am planning to buy my first property soon. I am thinking a duplex. Maybe with tenants already in place. I am feeling overwhelmed and have many questions. But at this point I am going to reduce it to 2 questio...
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I'm considering buying in to a syndication with some cash on hand. BUT! I have plenty of avenues to use leverage to increase my syndication buying power (HELOC, Pledged Asset LOC, 401k loan). Everyone talks about usin...
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Hello everyone, I'm looking into buying my first property. Currently I have 25k in cash (with 2k added each month from my 9-5 job) and was looking to buy in the east (Milwaukee, Cleveland, or Detroit areas), because o...
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First, I'm confused as to what exactly caused the housing bubble of 2007. It sounds like people were unable to pay their mortgages, thus resulting in foreclosure, but why were they suddenly unable to pay in the first ...
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What is your best method, tool, resource for finding deals in todays climate? One of the biggest challenges I hear today from investors is finding deals (the right deals), what are you doing to overcome this hurdle?
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Happy New Year everyone!! I know I am a bit late, but I wanted to share the highlights of 2021.
I started my Real Estate journey late 2019, a friend of mine encouraged me to get into Real Estate and I spent the rest ...