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In 2014 my wife and I purchased our first home near Norfolk, VA for $307,000, putting $0 down on the property though a VA loan. Best decision ever!! - That is, until I heard about real estate investing, house hackin...
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Those of you hosting with Homeaway and VRBO have certainly received 2 emails in the past few days;
One email is from HA/VRBO telling us they are dumping Yapstone because Yapstone now wants to charge 3% additional fo...
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I often hear the gurus and paid mentors talk about taking your business to "the next level". I'm wondering what that means. Does that mean that you should never be satisfied with the size of your business? Does tha...
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Hello, I am currently working things out with my friend/roomate/landlord to settle and pay rent. So, the crazy thing is that both he and I got lazy and fell far behind on rental payments so I haven't paid anything in ...
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Hello everyone!I am looking to get started lending out of my IRA. I looked into note buying, and while I really liked the idea, it seemed like having good access to notes was key and I don't have that.Right now I'm at...
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As I'm researching and reading and google searching and listening... I'm learning.I just wanted to use this space to note things I learn as I learn them. I have absorb so much in the past month. Not looking for a lo...
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First of all, I didn't start this thread to attack the professional tradesmen, but sometimes it gets to a point where even if you want to pay someone for a job, you end up DIYing the last 10% (or 25 or 50) of the work...
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here is an example of how to use hard money to buy and rehab your foreclosure purchases, all the way thru refinancing them to a conventional 30 year loan. Yes, I agree that you can get properties for far less money...
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Hi,
I have been reading the posts and have set aside money for an emergency funds for our rental properties. The funds are currently sitting in a bank savings account earning close to 0.01% interest. I am w...
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Hi BP community! I'm in the process of applying for a HELOC on my primary residence, which is a condo. My plan is to use the money to purchase a multifamily property, move into one of the units and rent the other unit...