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Hey all,We received an offer on a property today in which the buyer is using a USDA loan, a product I'm not very familiar with (but will learn). To cut to the chase, is USDA similar to a VA loan in that the buyer is e...
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http://newbostonpost.com/2016/03/21/just-cause-evi... Just-cause eviction: Rent control by another nameBySkip Schloming| March 21, 2016, 11:36 ESTIn a 1994 statewide referendum, Massachusetts voters chose to ban ren...
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Thanks in advance to anyone who is reading this. This is my first post but I am excited about this community and I hope to learn a lot from it.
I started a Texas LLC in 2013 and I want to eventually buy multi...
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Hey BP,My brother and I (27 and 31) both live separately in the Boston area, and have an idea to buy a rental property within the next few months. We plan to but a duplex and live in one unit, renting the other unit ...
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Are there any apartment investors willing to talk about how they started in the apartment world, your first deal, any unexpected problems that may have arised and how you solved them, where you find your deals and esp...
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I wanted to get the community's thoughts on my financing strategy. It is as follows:
-Getting a $25,000 home equity loan through credit union.
-$25,000 loan will be used for money down on hard money loan.
-Hard mon...
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I'm planning to enroll in an online real estate licensing course to obtain my real estate license in California and am trying to decide upon two things -- first, the course provider. Do you have any recommendations? S...
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One prospective tenant contacted me from the UK inquiring about my rental in NJ. How do I screen someone that is outside of the U.S.?
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This is for my home that I'm renovating at the moment, not a rental. Just so we're clear.I want to put in a set of high ceiling lights, but going 12v led rather than full blown 110v downlighters. There will be about 6...
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Good Afternoon,I am a teacher interested in entering real estate. I have a two year goal that I have set for myself to save a least $40,000. However, a colleague of mine recently advised me that she was told that mone...