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I am stuck. I make $44,000 year salary.No debt.No rent. (parents old house) $20,000 in savings.1. Should i look for a portfolio lender first or just go through the conventional route? I just dont want to get to 4-10 p...
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Hi everyone,
I have a good understanding of how residential RE works and how to go about purchasing but I would really like to know more about commercial.
I know with residential when you are working with an agent, ...
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I am making about $140,000 a year, I have about 80k saved up, and I want to buy my own place and start house hacking. I currently live in Malden, MA and the house prices seem to hover from about 675 - 760k for a house...
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It's almost that time of year again... No, not the holidays. I mean tax season! I've been an excel bookkeeping person for a while but I think it's time to level up now that I'm doing my first BRRRR. I'm planning to ge...
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I recently watched the bigger pockets podcast with Brad Dantonio as the guest. Brad bought 5 properties with cash in order to maximize cash flow and retire early. After thinking about it, wouldn't it be wise to do the...
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10:51 pm, I get a call from a tenant at my duplex. She tells me that her roommate is having seizures, that she's called 911, and that 10-12 of her roommate's friends are streaming out of the apartment as we speak. I h...
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I bought a house from Tanner Hester (a New Western agent) in June 2019. There were lots of issues with the house as follows:1) The house was built without a permit2) The house was for the most part sitting on the floo...
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So I rented an AirBnB property in Dallas. This was the third time I've used that platform to rent a property and each one has been an illegal rental. I'm done.The first one was in California three years ago. It had fi...