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Hi everybody,Can anyone give me a brief overview of a Letter of Intent? How do you fill it out, and what exactly does it do?Also, does anyone know where you can find a template LOI? Thanks, Mike
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Hello Everybody, I am relatively new to the REI world and wanted to know what most of you have been using/doing to finance your deals. I know there are a lot of options but I want to figure out which ones work best in...
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Hello BP
I have a question about the 50 Percent rule. I was wondering how to justify more expenses just because there is more rent. For example lets say I have a property that rents for $500 and according to...
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So,
I've been working on coming up with an LLC name. The first choice was to use my first and last initials. I wrote them out and came back with:
BK Properties LLC
Really? BK, come on :(.
Maybe with my middle ini...
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My wife and I are interested in opening a child care center in Portland, Oregon, and I am doing preliminary research on what it will look like to enter into a commercial lease arrangement on a space that's, say, 2500 ...
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Looking for some constructive investment community discourse as I've had a few clients reach out recently about settling transactions in 'alternative' currencies or trading for real property. This is not intended to b...
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Hi everyone, newbie here. So I'm working on a commercial multifamily building in a really hot market in SE Wisconsin right now. It needs work in order to fetch full market rent, and I'm wrapping it for a great price...
I was given a 1st and 2nd position mortgage by 2 "private lenders" who were individuals on my owner occupied property.They did no credit check or income check and just gave me the money to buy an owner occupied proper...
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When determining the value of a 3-4 unit property, which is more useful- the Gross Rent Multiplier or the Capitalization Rate? What do you guys prefer? Why? I'm looking at listings to practice "running the numbers" ah...
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So I know cars have Kelley blue book to look up values, what about houses? Where can I get accurate values or something close? I'm tired of zillow and their zestimates off 50-60K on house values. Where do the pros and...