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Hello everyone - thank you for clicking in here!I have a friend/acquaintance that I have known all my life. We aren't super close, but we trust each other and we're both logical people with decent incomes and are cons...
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Going to institutional lenders such as banks and mortgage companies or private money lenders (hard money)
And what does it take to qualify for each with no previous experience
or any other option that you may reco...
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So whenever I visit my father for our "weekly meeting" I always go on about real estate investing. He always has only 2 responses:
1) you cannot do that here (i'm serious)
2) what you're trying to do is rip someone of...
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Unicorns, Sasquatch, Centaurs, Bulk REO Deals . . . they all seem to be mythical creatures.
I've started this discussion because I'm pretty convinced that we will be terminating the BP Bulk REO forum and will require...
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I am a newbie to this forum and eager to learn real estate investment. I am wondering if any experienced investors can share your input about our case.
We bought a split level single house in Vienna, VA at $439K seve...
Ok so a seller called me yesterday basically told me he was about to list with a realtor but had it rented out in mean time. He asked how I got his name i said I am looking to buy houses in your neighborhood and this ...
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I know many don't really care about banking situation in our country. A couple sobering thoughts for those paying any attention.
1.http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/283688 FDIC lost money for first time since 1991...
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I'm looking to make my first real estate purchase in Denver for a house hacking type of situation. Would like to keep costs low as first investment so thinking a simple 2-bed/unit or 3-bed/unit. Ideally it would be a ...
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Hi guys! Refi question here: I bought a duplex in 2010 with 0 down at 3.625% and have had it rented since then. I want to pull some of the equity because it has almost doubled in value (estimated) but I’m not sure if ...
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I am new to the idea of real estate investing. Most of my knowledge and experience is in stock market index investing and I have only just started to learn about real estate. My goal is FI in 15 years with a monthly...