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Hi Everyone. I've been actively investing in single family residential properties for about five years. I've bought long term rentals and short term rentals. I've bought a freshly renovated property and I've bought...
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OK- All you financial gurus. Will 30 year,90%, owner occupied loans hit the 3's or bump into the 5's first? Time to go "on the record" with your crystal balls. Rich
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Tenant left state. I have their address, and they owe me about $2500 after damages and back rent. I'm in Alaska, and will be sending her the security deposit statement tomorrow. If they don't pay I can sue them in ...
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I am screening a woman and her fiance (mid 40's) who have lived in TX for 4 years. So far the information about landlord history and income is normal. On their applications I ask for drivers license number and state...
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To preface: I am making this post for many reasons, one of them being that I want to have a landmark post to look back on in the future. The other reasons are to get out my plan and largely to receive support and crit...
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Can someone explain to me from start to finish how does a HML work? I always get scared when someone suggests HMLs... I literally think of loan sharks or getting your house or assets taken away from you w...
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Hi all, as I've been getting more into real estate investing, it's become quite clear that the US tax code favors business owners and real estate investors rather than W2 employees or self-employed business owners. On...
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Looking for feedback on my strategy. My thoughts are I can get better deals with a cash offer on or off market. To that end, I can access $280,000 on a HELOC at 6.75%, and have other funds available to make a total...
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Hi, We have one loan for my house under my name, another loan for a rental property under my wife name. So if we want to buy another rental property who do you suggest to get the loan? Myself or my wife? We have same ...
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My wife and I are split 50/50 on wether or not to pay off all our existing debt such as student loans and auto payments before we take on more debt to invest into real estate, or we begin saving to buy our first renta...