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Good morning,I had a real estate investor friend, that is also new to real estate investing, mention that a self-directed 401k or IRA can be helpful for tax purposes. I am looking for assistance in finding correct/hel...
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As a new real estate investor living in the crazy expensive Bay Area rental market, I'm exploring clever ways to get into investing. My husband's job requires us to stay near San Francisco, so we rented a place way ab...
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Hello BP!Full disclosure - Newbie investor trying to find the best combination of asset protection and lending terms.I have been talking to a few lenders in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area to line up my finances befor...
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Hi, I'm on my first flip and have all these great and expensive ideas. I'm not sure which ideas are worth the money though. For example, I could just refresh the kitchen with all new hardware or I can open up a wall t...
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Aloha BP!Living in Hawaii is great and I couldn't imagine my family living anywhere else. But when it comes to starting a portfolio of rental properties, it gets really expensive to do so. Instead of investing in my "...
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Like many investors, I am up against Freddie and Fannie Mac's 4 financed properties guideline. However, in my search, I have managed to find several lenders willing to service more than 4+ properties to include, but ...
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Gonna start by saying to just typed up a super detailed post explaining everything in my head, then I accidentally clicked the power button on this chromebook and deleted it all; so bare with me on the spark notes ver...
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I have been racking my brain about these questions and still cannot grasp things....
For instance:
1. When you find a property that you are interested in and want to present it to some investors, how do you *secure*...
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Has anyone not applied for their Tier 3 license? Just before the holidays, there were still over 2,000 licenses available. I am shocked - based on the number of TOT certificates, I thought for sure that there would be...
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Hello, trying to get an idea on keyless entry people are using to manage their vacation rental properties.
I’m looking for something I can control remotely that also has a temporary passcode features that I can prov...