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Hi All,In the process of renting our property, we received many applications. One of them was an aggressive lady on section 8. She assured us she has excellent credit score. My dad who was helping with the process, se...
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For those who have never obtained a hard money loan, there are typically a lot of questions. Here are some of the most commons questions and answers about private and hard money loans:
1. What exactly IS a hard money...
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I'm purchasing my first property (Milwaukee) and asked my mortgage broker (Chemical Bank) about transferring the deed after the loan is secured. He said I can't do that. And that I'll need commercial lendin...
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Hello everyone!This is my first post on this site, so hopefully I posted in the right area. If not, admin please let me know where I should do it.My wife and I are looking at making our first real estate investment ou...
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Well it's happened. people are applying to rent our units with their emotional support pitbulls and other animals . Of course we follow all fair housing laws . but what we need to do is weed out people that have legi...
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In an effort to be real, honest and fair, I will admit I can think of 3 key things I like about Obama.
1. Credit card reform legislation. This was smart and is, for reasons I don't understand, an underplayed bipart...
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Well, it’s about that time. I have been lurking on the forums for about 2 years now, benefiting from everyone else’s knowledge. So, now that I have something that might be of value to someone else, I would like to s...
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Hi all, as I've been getting more into real estate investing, it's become quite clear that the US tax code favors business owners and real estate investors rather than W2 employees or self-employed business owners. On...
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So I got a colleague request with the following message:"Hi Ken!I am a Cleveland investor living in Los Angeles who is trying to gauge interest with people about organizing a Socal/Cleveland investor meet up.I am reac...