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Aloha everyone,My husband and I currently live in Hawaii and are looking to get started in REI soon. Our strategy is to start out with rehabbing houses at first to increase our financial resources and then eventually ...
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Hey guys. So me and my partner make too much to get a lot of the low income down payment assistance programs. We're looking to buy our first home and house hack. Because of the money we (don't) have, we're looking at ...
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According to Tom Bay’s book, Look Within or Do Without, Harvard Business School did a study on how well its students were doing financially 10 years after they graduated. Here’s what he found:
•27% needed financial a...
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Does anyone have any tips for working to quickly estimate advanced repair costs in a competitive market?
- How to work/partner with contractors to do a walk-through estimate prior to getting a house under contract (an...
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Looking for my first rental property. Found one in Augusta, GA. Seller financed. $2k down, $300 a month. Thinking of putting in a couple thousand and renting it out for $500 to get my feet wet. 10% towards property ma...
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Context:As a new, bright-eyed, soon-to-be real estate investor in multi-family properties I want to be aggressive in building up a portfolio to where the rental income would allow me to step away from my full-time W2 ...
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Hi all,I'm Aya, a newbie from Virginia beach VA. My husband is in military for about 12 years and we moved here from Japan about 5 years ago. We bought our first home here 3 1/2 years ago. Since then, the idea of real...
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Hi all,
My name is Chris. My wife and I are new to Real Estate Investing. Our focus will be on Fix and Flip opportunities. We recently purchased our first property (closing soon) and plan to use this as a lea...
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I am purchasing a 1991 duplex that has a "50 year" roof that was put on in 2011.
The inspection and appraisal has been done. We are set to close on July 31st. Last week we had a big hail storm in my area and the adjus...
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Hi. My husband and I are aspiring real estate investors working on our first move.Originally, our goal was to pay off our high student debt. We began looking into owner occupying a multi-family home. Then we realized ...