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Hey Team
The short version:
Who do I talk to about a deal where I have a private lender providing the downpayment and a standard portfolio lender providing the rest? Do I need to tell the portfolio lender that so...
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I'm in a tricky situation with my first deal.I closed on an investment property in Georgia and about 10 days later the lender is saying that the deal violates a Fannie Mae guideline in that the cash back at closing ex...
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I've seen a lot of posts about people eager to start an RAL and wanted to share some of the costly lessons I have learned and hopefully you can realize it before embarking on these projects. I've noticed the usual pos...
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Let's face it - most of us are here because we want to make enough passive income to quit our day jobs. There's a TON of people here working towards that goal. I'm certainly not there yet, but love success stories, ...
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Hey everyone! My name's Justin Wotring (I pronounce it like "Watch-Ring") and as the title suggests I am new to the RE investing gig. I'm a husband, father of 3 (one boy, 7, and two girls, 4 and 2.5 months), part-time...
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Just recently got onto Bigger pockets looking for real estate investment. I am a physician, 59, and recently got out of financial debt associated with divorce and custody issues and am in a much better position at thi...
I'm hoping that someone sees this and can dive in with "real talk." I'm going to lay it out there, and as I'm learning through this initial start up process (and I'm a quick learner) that I'll be able to realistically...
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Hello !
So I have a question, I listening to Ken Mcelroy and he says: to get a value of a building, take the net operating and divide it with the going capitazilionation rate.
So, on one building here, I ...
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Live in California and planning on purchasing out of a state investment property in Cleveland Ohio and grow my portfolio from there. What financing approach would be best for acquiring multiple properties over long te...
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Hi, I have several Single Family homes that I am thinking about selling and buying a multifamily. I want to avoid any taxes on the sale and have read about 1031's which make sense for selling a single property for ano...