Understanding a Mortgage Appraisal - Part 1
The first thing to understand is appraisals are not all the same or equal. In fact, each appraisal is unique to the needs of the specific client.
Mortgage Appraisals are...
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Was driving around looking for properties and came a cross a house that had fire damage the roof is pretty much gone. Id like to approach the owner on this property but know nothing about dealing with fire damage. Any...
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Hello. I’m new to this forum. I recently got into development, so I’d like your input on my 1st project.
My investing partner and I built a house for $500k. It Appraised at $700k.
We’re thinking of refinancing th...
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Hi All,I'm looking for a house hack in the Bay Area (SFH with ADU or 2-4 multi), probably an older building that is in good to rehabbed shape, in the $500K-$900K range. Rules of thumb of monthly 5-15% of rents for C...
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Hey guys, day three of whatever this is, once again I recognize most of you aren't from my area, but any eyes or ears on this would be appreciated, and you never know where things like this will lead you. At any rate,...
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I have been running some financial analysis on some buy and hold scenarios for various properties and I noticed something that seemed strange to me. Lets say that I have a property that returns 15% cash on cash and I...
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Hello allWas doing some real estate investing reading, and stumbled across some articles about real estate note investing. It sounds like it could be a great way to diversify a portfolio, but I'm still unsure how exac...
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As simple as It sounds which one do you feel is best and why?
I'm asking to see what makes most sense to pursue given time, money, and what scales best with economies of scale?
Quick back story:
I am looking to ...
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Hello BP Community,My name is Harsh Patel and very excited to start my real estate investing journey. I have been reading blogs and listening to the podcasts on and off but finally have taken the step to take this on ...
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So the other day at the foreclosure auction, the bidding was going hot and heavy on a property until it ran up so high that all of the experienced bidders stopped bidding. It was down to just two bidders now, going b...