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Go or no go. I live in California, the investment property I am looking to buy is in indiana. Currently, the distressed property is listed for $25k. I have one bid for $40k to do a complete gut job. Arv is $75k per th...
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I would like to start doing direct mail campaigns, either letters, postcards, or both. The thing is that I have almost no idea what the cost is, so it's hard for me to see if I can stay within a budget. If I want to...
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This might be a dumb question - but here goes: In my search for my first investment property, every realtor I speak to has the same question - how much am I going to put down? My question is this - assuming you clos...
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Not sure if this is an innovative strategy or just illegal but I would like some input. I have a friend who bought several rentals ALL with primary occupant loans (3.5-5% down). What he does is include utilities ...
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Hi BP! I'm leaving the REIT where I did accounting and short-term leasing for retail shopping centers and heading to a property management software company where I'll be doing sales. Wages are likely to be 60% salary,...
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Hi BP!
I recently became an agent in NC and I am very excited to get the ball rolling. I have been researching ways agents generate leads and I see that it looks like zillow and Facebook/google ads are pretty common ...
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This is a long post - thanks for your time! fyi: house purchased in COI recently purchased a HUD house through an agent. I bought the house w/o ever actually seeing it. Never had a 'buyer's agent' agreement - not s...
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Sorry if it sounds insane but forgive me I am a newbie to the whole "real estate world". Ugghhh.... This real estate stuff has mind going 100mph! lol..
Ok so, I am going to give you the numbers and some info about th...
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So I should be closing on my first flip next week. I am going to do my best to give back to this community by blogging as much as I can in this topic concerning my first flip... This will also be an easy way for me ...
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Hey guys,
do you put away (save) a certain amount of rent income for future repairs? If yes, how much? Do you have a separate business savings account for that?
Thank you,
Edita