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🛡️Our responsibility as operators is to investigate, to poke holes, and to present only the best deals to our investors.
We filter every opportunity that enters our pipeline, from the big picture down to the ...
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This is just a brief post to give some insight into the local maintenance costs in the Metro Detroit area. Maintenance costs are a huge factor in the profitability, or not of any investment property. A little backgr...
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So far I have only bought property within my SDIRA on a cash basis, so have not needed to work with lenders. Soon I will be buying one or more rentals outside of my SDIRA, using 'conventional financing'.
Th...
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If you are interested in mobile home lending as I am then it is time to face the facts that we cannot continue business as usual. The Safe Act only woke me up to the myriad of laws that we should be complying with an...
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Happy New Year BP community.I just got an email from Zillow rental manager saying that starting in Feb if I have > 1 rental listing I have to pay $9.99 per week for each listing. This is for the Raleigh NC area.An...
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Just as an FYI in case someone hasn’t seen it yet, Zillow is now accepted rent payments through their Rental Manager website. Last week they started an application service with Credit and Background checks. As of ri...
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Hello Everyone!I am closing on my first rental property (SFR) next week and I plan on self-managing. Â It is also worth mentioning that I plan to acquire five additional SFR's by year end and to continue to scale up fr...
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I have a single family rental in a low- to middle-income area. The furnace is about 22 years old and seems like it may be on it's last leg. When it turns on, it can take 2-3 tries for the burners to light - but it doe...
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So, first off, I'm a newbie. Â I've done some research and networking and now I'm ready to put together a team to get started investing in notes. Â I'm most interested in non-performing 1st and 2nd lien notes. Â I'm reas...
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Federal policy makers want to keep you from buying and profiting from openly traded non-performing notes (NPN). The bias is against private investors who purchase 1st and 2nd mortgages of delinquent homeowners in favo...