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Background & Context
Today's New York Times reports on a new publication, Appraised. The publication argues, based on recently released appraisal data-sets, that current day appraisal processes bake the results...
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Any thoughts on if this is a "too good to be true" lending option, or if it's even a good deal? In particular, "The interest rate on the loan, which is 30-year fixed, will be between 6 and 8 percent, about twice th...
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I'm looking for advice on making cold calls to find motivated sellers. What do you say? How do you find the "motivated sellers"?
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I know there is a real need for rentals in Temple, Texas. I live in Utah, but would love to find someone who has some education of rentals in this area. Does anybody know of a good property manager in this area?
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Hello, I am pretty new to the forum, but I've lurked for a while. Let me tell you my goals and then a bit about a potential deal.
I want to buy a rental home to hold. I am concerned primarily about building...
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Hey Everybody,
I'm working on my get rich quick business plan for 2011.
Can you eye this for me? I'd appreciate all constructive insight:
It's detailed, so if you have trouble sitting still, run away now probab...
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Hey BP land.. Over here in Thailand this week and a lot of the condo's are advertising 7% guaranteed return when you buy a condo good for 5 years... and the price points are pretty cool too in the 50k range.. Not to...
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I recently listened to a podcast where the host was saying that Birmingham was a great market, in his opinion, for buying rental property (turn key even) and putting section 8 tenants in them for 9-12% returns.Does an...
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Hello all this is my first time posting on biggerpockets, I have been a listener of the podcast for a couple of years now. I am 27 years old and currently came into a settlement where I have extra money and honestly f...
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Hi,
I am a LA resident, attorney, and first time investor. I have read various real estate books and found a few strategies that could work but not sure what to do.
1) The first option was doing an FHA or 5% conve...