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Hello All, I will be in a very good spot to being building my buy and hold strategy in the next few months and I am curious as to what everyone sees as the appropriate amount to have in reserves when buying your first...
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My husband and I are in the process of finding tenants for our first true investment property (second rental). I’ve had two inquiries but only one who has responded to my prescreening questions so far. In my ad I am c...
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Trying to decide best strategy here: have a single family investment property currently valued at 110k with a loan bal 54k.
I understand the cost associated with refi (appraisal, closing cost, points etc) vs heloc (...
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All I hear is never ever buy a bad deal, or non cash flowing properly. I’m looking to house hack my first property in El Dorado County (just outside of Sacramento) but cannot find a deal that’s works in my area. I hea...
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Greetings everyone!I’ll keep this one brief. Here is my situation. I started a small business which will not be my primary source of income anytime soon, however, I do have some funds from an old 401k that I would lik...
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Hi everyone,As I posted last week, as chance has it, I’ve run into a nice looking proprietary opportunity.The deal is a full portfolio of 82 units in 12 building in a smaller town (17,000 population). I have a Few log...
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Greetings,I started about 18 months ago buying SFR and duplexes which i would buy, renovate, refinace, and repeat. As of now i have 3 SFR's and 2 duplexes that are all fixed, rented, and cashflowing great.I decided to...
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Can anyone recommend an investor friendly title company/attorney in San Antonio. I’ve called a few title companies that said they disclose information to both parties, I don’t want the seller to walk out of the deal o...
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What is typical for insurance on my rental?
Trying to figure up cash flow on a current project. This will be my first SFR New Construction.
I’m sure most investors have a packaged Insurance deal on their propertie...
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I read on a forum in BP once about writing a mortgage to yourself (buying a property for cash) so that you can immediately refinance and essentially recoup your down payment plus possible rehab costs depending on what...