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Self-directed individual retirement accounts are good ways to save for retirement with assets such as real estate or precious metals. Conventional IRAs usually only service assets such as stocks, mutual funds, and CDs...
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Greetings,I'd love to hear anyone's opinion on my refinance dilemma; cash-out or no cash-out.I'm in the process of refinancing my duplex (Appraised at $290,000) which has about $100k (mostly from large down payment) i...
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I'm in the process of cash-out refinancing a property, as well as another come September. Small timer here, only 2 investment properties plus by home.. just trying to figure out how much cash I should have on-hand rea...
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Hello everyone, my name is josh and i am currently under contract for my first property! it is a 3 family house with total of 8 bedrooms and 4 baths. Purchase price is 340,000 with 4,000 annual taxes. Seller is coveri...
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Hello everyone I'm from the Detroit/ Mt. Clemens area & i want to pursue real estate ventures in pursuit of financial freedom so I can live comfortably post military I want to learn how diversify my income type &a...
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I used to pay for a flat fee listing on the MLS to save myself money when selling my properties. I'm now a licensed broker. My agency contract states that:Property Investment: Associate may acquire, for personal inves...
Hello my name is kris and I’m 18 years old. My friend and I have 3.5k each to invest. Me and him have a pretty good job and we’ll be able to save 25k - 30k each in the next year. Should we try to get an FHA loan on a...
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I’ve been looking into investing in rental properties recently and was wondering how i should go about this as a fresh college graduate. My plan at the moment is to save 20% of my monthly after tax income while buildi...
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I currently have one rental, thinking about growing slowly. Im curious to see how others do it in terms of number of accounts, record keeping, ect. I figured there could be some good info, systems, and hacks for sma...
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I know there are many ways to comp, from a BPO to an appraisal to having a real estate agent look it up.. I'm sure there are some people here and there that use a VA (virtual assistant) for it. I was wondering though,...