I'm 29 years old and make $75000 annually. I have an opportunity to buy a nice 1x1 condo for $240000 in an decent area of Santa Ana (which is an OK area of central Orange County [it isn't the safest, but it's very con...
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Hello all, I have a SDIRA with some cash, 2 paid off properties and a stock portfolio in the SDIRAs name. I was thinking about leveraging those assets as collateral and doing some hard money lending. Is that a thing...
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Newark, New Jersey has become a popular location for investors seeking high returns in the Northern NJ Sub-Market of NYC. In this article, I will talk about some of my recent aha moments in regards to Newark investing...
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This is kind of an old article from August last year: http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-cracks-down-on-m...http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/artic..."I Surived Real Estate" video forum talked about its effe...
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Hi. I purchased a rental property earlier this year (my first rental purchase) with inherited tenants. The lady who pays the rent wants her boyfriend out. She called the police and they can’t make him leave because th...
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I have a very old water heater that has started to leak. I figured I might as well just replace it as opposed to fixing it since its so old. I was wondering what was a good labor price? Is this a DIY job? It's gas so ...
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I just went live with my first short-term rental and it’s going well. It’s a 4/3.5 townhouse located in Davenport, Fl. Now that it’s set up, I’m thinking about the next one. Currently, my 3 options are Orlando area (D...
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Howdy, I find this forum to be an excellent source of information! Thanks ahead of time. I've learned a few things as I explore diversification options in real estate. I need to learn much more.Over several months, we...
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North Atlanta (Cumming, Alpharetta, Woodstock, Roswell) Single Family (SFH) homes have appreciated tremendously from the housing bottom in 2012 to 2015. With the prices high or higher than the real estate peak, is it...
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I am in the process of listening to the entire series of the bigger pockets podcast(thanks @JoshuaDorkin and @BrandonTurner). I recently listened to show 47 w/ @JoelOwens and was intrigued by some of the math he impl...