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I live in the bay area and we all know about its housing market. So instead of sinking all my cash to buy a home in silicon valley, I'd rather invest in properties in other places for some cash flow. But if the market...
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I have found a significant amount of info that leads me to believe that birddogging is not really legal since it brings buyers and sellers together. Doing that is highly regulated, and would be the equivalent of contr...
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I bought a property two years ago in NC through a turnkey investment operation. They buy, rehab, and sell with tenant in place and then manage the property. Everything went well until September last year, when the ren...
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I’ve heard many times on BP that the 2% rule is impossible in the SF Bay Area…if you are lucky, maybe you can break 1%. But my recent experience has shown me that with a lot of hard work and perseverance it is very p...
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Wyoming opened their Emergency Rental Assistance Program two weeks ago. As of today, they've only received 2,500 applications, totaling $5 million in rent and utility assistance. The program has $160 million available...
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So I was at a recent REI event and I ended up winning a free 1hr mentor session this upcoming Friday with the co-founder and managing partner of a large wholesaler. Being the newbie I am, I would like to reach out to ...
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I've been thinking about a creating a direct deposit account to accept rent directly from tenant checking accounts to mine. I would have to give those tenants using direct deposit the account number. It would save...
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HI ,My realtor insists me on buying a home warranty program for my newly invested single family house.Is it make sense financially?Which one is a smarter way in terms of maintaining the rental property solve the probl...
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At my local REIA meeting, there was a sentiment from the more veteran players (particularly the mortgage brokers) that Fannie MAE/MAC will change mortgage allowance from 4 to 8 soon to help relief the number of forecl...
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I am always interested when "best places" lists are published to see the effect it can have on growth of cities. I know in my city of Sioux Falls that when we have made it on many lists and it attracts people to reloc...