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Hi Team! Thanks in advance for your feedback. My brothers and I own a few SF's and are now looking at MF's. We are activity looking at 3+ family properties. We have been deterred from certain properties because they s...
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I'm looking for my first investment property in Chicago markets. I'm interested in higher-than-average income neighborhood, even better with upside possibility (gentrifying). I'm mostly looking at urban, smaller size ...
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As I am preparing to make the leap into real estate and purchase my first property, I know I will want to house hack a multi-family property. I know going with smaller local lenders like local banks and credit unions ...
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I close on a property next week that I plan on renting. I'm looking for some feedback on smartmove. Cost? Pro's and Con's?Any info will be helpful.ThanksTony R
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A Topic, I would like seeing discuss, is why an individual with more than 5 properties is force to finance in LLC vs Personal name? Its a scam they do not care about the property value and only care about their borrow...
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Hi all, I know this has been covered several time, but I think this is somewhat unique so I created a new topic. I'm in the process of buying a multi-family (3 unit) property. I'm taking title to the property in my n...
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So as I understand, a CAP rate is based on NOI. However, I’ve also been told that CAP rates have to do with risk. Question, why would I want a higher CAP rate if it brings increased risk. For example taking a 6 CAP...
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I applied for a DSCR loan to cash out on a free and clear 4plex held in an LLC but the loan officer is asking for my personal bank statements, personal home mortgage statements. I don't understand why I need to su...
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Does anybody know of any good Loan Amortization software solutions out there?I've been using Loan Amortizer Enterprise (loanamortizer.com) on my PC for several years. It's a pretty decent program and it gets the job d...
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Hi,2 years ago I bought a very unique property in NH. It has 10 bedrooms and an indoor pool. This property is zoned residential. The property has brought in over $220k each of the past 2 years and on track for more t...