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Hi all! Wondering everyone's thoughts on this deal. It's a 3br and 2 bath each side duplex. I'm looking to become a first time home buyer (I'm 24). You can see my #s below, but I'm figuring I'll be paying around ($700...
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Hi BP, I want to ask the experts on how to creatively finance my first property --- if you guys think I should do it now, or wait. First, my boyfriend and I found a quadruplex (1 unit is available, the others curren...
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Hi, I am a new investor. My partner Greg and I moved to Chattanooga, TN, wanting to flip houses short term to build some capital, then move to buy and hold, and eventually to apartment complexes. We started very ide...
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You hear a lot of people saying go multi-family all of the time. What are the downsides to multi-family, especially in regard to what people don't think about or know until later?
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It has been brought to my attention lately that many so called hard money loan brokers request an upfront fee for their services. I felt compelled to right about the loan application process so you can understand i...
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I have read a lot about direct mail on this site. What I was wondering is if people have tried direct calling instead? I started putting a list together (mainly of people behing on taxes in my farm area). I then wo...
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At the beginning of 2014 I received my tax return and decided it was time to stop reading about investing in RE and start doing. I took $2,000 and placed a offer on 2 HUD properties. One was a Town Home (TH) and the...
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My name is Conrad Soboniak and I'm originally from northeastern Illinois. I'm 32 years old and currently living in Las Vegas. My wife and I moved here about six years ago for me to go after what I tho...
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Hello to all. My name is Greg and I will share my story quickly.I started investing in real estate in summer of 2009 just out of college. I knew nothing so I purchased a turnkey single family rental property in Norr...
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I would like to hear success stories from you, where you renegotiated the purchase after you had a firm agreement of sale. In this environment the deal isn't always the final deal and the negotiations are not fini...