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21 years old. Planning on investing with a partner. I've been trying to get a DSCR loan but my credit is terrible and I'm self-employed with doordash and babysitting while I wait to get hired as a Med Tech at a hospit...
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Hi all, I have a rather unique situation here. This is a situation in Massachusetts. I took out a refinance on my personal house to pay off my girlfriend's (now fiancée) house due to hardship on her part. I placed a p...
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I have started to play around with the software program Innago and see that they have tenant screening with options for criminal background, credit and eviction history. I am curious how people's experience have been ...
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I am planning on asking a person I know to borrow money for real estar investing. That person has 80k sitting at the bank and is planning on putting it into a secured annuity that will only generate her about 2%intere...
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I am looking tonopen a sober house in the Long Island area. I will be opening an LLC to limit liability, knowing full well the tax implications are identical for LLC vs. personal ownership in buy and hold situations.
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Hello BP! So I currently have one tenant in the downstairs of my duplex. She is a sophomore college student. Since it is summer she isn't home much, but when class starts back up in the fall, she is going to be moving...
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I am looking to getting my first House Hack soon and I see everyone saying how important screening tenants is.
What sources or websites do you use to screen your applicants for criminal history and credit history?
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what's your personal guideline for how much to keep in reserves per property?
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Little help here as I am torn on what to do. I'm 27, owned my current home for 3 years ($200k equity conservately) and just closed on a nearby investment home.
The home was offmarket/by owner and I purchased it fo...
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I have a very good deal I think. I've been working with a realtor and an appraiser about this property here in Florida. It's a 3 bed 2 bath, about 1400 square feet. Built in 1959 and the list price is 67500. Comps in ...