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Hey y'all, I purchased this gem recently and decided to post it here as a diary, both to share my experience with the community and to more selfishly use it as a learning tool to help improve my business. I'm currentl...
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(Disclaimer: I totally took the formatting of this post from another post by Anton Ivanov that I liked a year back!)
A Little Backstory
I am currently 30, married, no kids, living in Gilbert, AZ and working as a fin...
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I'm seeing a few properties listed in the 4k-10k range in the Chicago area. The neighborhood doesnt matter much to me. What I wanna know is are the properties in those price ranges worth getting if the cash is on han...
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I just went to a 3 day seminar held by Christopher McClatchey called Real Wealth- The Power of Zero in Orlando FL. I highly recommend it for buy and hold investors. He teaches you owner financing with 0 % interest wit...
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3 bedroom house with 5 kids. Went for an inspection, smoke alarms were off including the bedroom ones. Tenant says it because when she cooks all the smoke alarms 🚨 in the house 🏡 go off.Of course I want her to put the...
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So how's the market?
I'm glad you asked 😁
This may not be the most popular opinion on a forum full of hopeful investors but the Las Vegas housing market is already building a reputation as being one of the nations "...
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So folks, after having made the commitment to buy an investment property, and having flailed about, not knowing my direction, making some random, bonehead offers, not knowing exactly what I want to do, etc., I think I...
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Hey guys, I need your input.I am a 30 yr. old local government employee who wants to be a real estate investor. My strategy is to buy a multi-family home (duplex) live in one end and rent out the other. However, not o...
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I have found a HML that will lend up to 70% ARV at 12 percent. The closing costs are 3000 (which includes one point at closing) and there are 2 points due at payoff. Draws for rehab require inspection at a cost of 125...
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Hi everyone,
I am wondering how you guys are doing accounting and bookkeeping for your rentals, doing by yourself, hiring bookkeeper or hiring accountant? I am currently managing the bookkeeping and accounting mysel...