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My family and i have owned a 20,000 sq ft strip center for about eight years that we purchased in foreclosure. It consists of eight x 1600 sq ft spaces and one x 4350 sq ft space. When we purchased it, most of the sma...
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Hello, I am getting ready to start looking for a new job. I have a long list of professional and military skills. This got me thinking, should I somehow list real estate investing in there as well. Let me know your th...
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I’m looking at a property to be our first one. It’s a four plex in what my agent says is a c area. I feel like I am running these numbers very conservatively but wanted to see what people think about the numbers below...
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I’m looking at buying some condos for rentals. These condos have HOA fees. Should I avoid HOA fees always?
thank you,steven
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Hello community,A while ago I decided to rent my primary home located in Wa, and rent another house in a better school district. I divided that house into two units; the main house ( unit 1) and a separate entry bedro...
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There is a strip of land outside of my property line that my HOA says I must maintain or they will fine me. I sent them proof that it was outside of my property limits, but they said it doesn't matter, as previous own...
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I’m trying to get my self directed 401k set up so I can borrow money without penalty to buy real estate. I’m having trouble finding a financial institution that will set one up. At the lager institutions like Schwab...
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Sadly, my father passed away leaving my brother and I half of a paid-off house. It is in an A neighborhood. About 40 years old. All major stuff done 8 years ago. It would be silly not to buy my brother out on this ...
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I just finished my first purchase. It was a SFH and I went that route because it was my first and I wanted to keep the first property as simple as possible. My question is which do you guys feel garnishes the most sta...
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I joined several Facebook "buy and sell groups" in my local area. Some only target real estate, but I didn't use them for this deal.I only made 2 phone calls to the original owner all other contact was done through p...