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Hi All,
I've been in real estate for 10 years. My first 6 years were in residential and the last 4 have been in commercial. I've been lucky to do better then the average agent on both sides of the field and h...
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To Fellow Investors,
At what point in your business did you or would you choose to add part or full-time staff instead of using independent contractors?
What position did you or would you hire first?
Thanks for you...
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We are just starting out in our buy and hold strategy, and I specifically told my agent that we want to spend around 40k, and are interested in short sales, foreclosures, etc. She showed up for our first meeting with...
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Does anyone use Stessa for collection of monthly rental income? What program do you use for rent collection? (automatic late fee generated program)
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Last week, I posted a question about a somewhat complicated legal issue surrounding a DOT that was part of my father's estate that never got recorded, then the debtor/prior owner was able to go back, refi the property...
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When I find a promising multi-unit rental property, I usually assume that 50% of the gross rents is what I'll have after operating expenses to pay my mortgage. The listing sheets have a breakdown of the operating expe...
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I'm looking at a HUD deal right now in my market, and spoke with a local realtor who broke down how Sage runs things now. I'm just reaching out so I can hopefully get a better understanding of timelines since they too...
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Hello BP,I have finally started taking big action and not trying to have the whole process figured out before moving. I have just gone under contract on my first investment property, and will be flipping it. I have ...
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Well I chatted with a family member that says the mortgage is too expensive to keep paying and they want to sell their 2 family. They rent out half of if and want to remain in the other half, although they would n...
Hi all.Brief history:I've been a Realtor for over a year with the same company, however I became interested by first being a real estate investor. I was the first agent with this RE company and joined because the own...