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I'm a strong believer that a house-hack is one of the first steps to wealth and financial freedom.However, this one rule is overlooked and constantly kills deals before they even happen:The self-sufficiency test. I ta...
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Hey guys im a newbie, and saving money to get into real estate flipping. I have a low 600's score and completing my second year of work history to qualify for a loan, i wanted to ask this comunity for some guidance. s...
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Hello people! This forum has inspired me a lot to say the least and by reading your stories and generously given advice has proven to me that all it takes is hard work, patience, tenacity and guidance. I’m just gett...
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I recently went to my property to inspect and prep it for new tenants and found that the old tenants had let their child do some sort of project on the granite counter which left some bad ink stains in a variety of co...
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I am new to REI and have been practicing analyzing deals to get a feel for my ideal price range and rent targets. I am getting no where close to the 2% rule and rarely even hitting 1%. I realize these are just rules o...
ok gang, i'm trying to wrap my head around this stuff..can i do a combination of a self directed (or solo--not sure the proper term), AND a roth (either IRA or 401k)?? I would really like the solo 401k, since from m...
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Today has been an emotional day, and I have a question for probably Oregon property managers or landlords as the laws changed in March regarding wiping out 60 day NO CAUSE evictions. I believe now a tenant must have ...
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This has been coming up more and more as I continue my wholesale journey. I heard from my appraiser today that in michigan you need a realtor license if you sell more than 5 homes in a month. I asked where she heard a...
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Hello all. I got my first property under contract and am currently 6 days into a 15 day contract. I had to put a $500 consideration amount to get this deal under contact. I went into the deal knowing it would be perfe...
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I see a lot of posts asking where someone SHOULD buy, for first or next property, or a certain type of return or property...I thought this might be a good place for people to tell others where they would suggest NOT t...