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Hi Folks, we are new to the investing world and have just been offered a trade on our house that we just bought about 4 months ago in the Northeast quadrant of Washington, DC. This deal was brought to us by our agent/...
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Our daughter is moving from Washington state to Albuquerque. She'll be retaining her old home as a rental. Her new job won't be starting until August. So, I was surprised when she told my wife that she had been qua...
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Hey BP, I have been constantly scouring the podcasts taking notes and educating myself as much as possible. One of the podcasts with Scott Smith #109 he recommends having your properties in an LLC or a trust for anony...
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When I help new investors with buying their first property I often want to know what is holding them back from pulling the trigger.So I'll ask here. What is holding you back?
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Recently, we did quite well on a business deal and found ourselves with quite a bit of cash to invest, particularly in real estate. We have chosen to target 5-6 bedroom homes in Kissimmee, FL due to the excellent shor...
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Hi, It's been said that one can do wholesaling with little to no money. Most all sellers want either $2,500 or $3,500 refundable earnest money deposit before they will sign an agreement to sell their wholesale proper...
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Hi guys
I completely understand how the wholesaling strategy works, but for the fact of my one hang up -putting the home 'under contract'
here are my questions to that specific:
1. what exactly does that mean - bot...