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Happy New Year! I am surprised I haven't seen any forum activity yet on Engelo Rumora's recently published book The Raw Truth to Success In Real Estate, available on Amazon. I'm going to post the sections of the book ...
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I gave Financial Freedom my credit card info so that they could bill me $3.95 to ship me a book. They ended up billing me $200 a month for several months before I realized what they had done.
My wife's a Realtor and...
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I was lost but I am.. a bit more found!After some sound advice I have decided my best choice to start off is with house-hacking in Rochester! I'm having some difficulty finding a good duplex or multi-unit in a decent ...
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We were almost closed on a house when we got the appraisal report. The square footage of the house was off over 300 sq, ft. The selling agent ignored the report and would not discuss anything with us. Instead, he just...
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Applied for a heloc today to start getting into my 1st investment property. The one I am looking at shows a CoC return of 35.75%. Its been on the market for 2 years, not sure why. I'm looking at it in a few days. The ...
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This thread is going to be an account of a real estate rookie looking to find, fund and rehab a residential property in the MD/DC/VA area. In this case, my first property is likely to be one that's been referred to m...
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So I'm working on a lead right now and the house has a really weird layout.It's considered a two story house with 3 bedrooms. But it seems like it would be more accurately described as a one story house with one bed...
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I found a few SFR properties in Anchorage, AK that will cashflow as STR and wondering if it's a good market to invest in. Even taking into account high occupancy during the season and low occupancy during the off-seas...
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We are looking at REO's and I'm thinking it might be better in our case to get a buyer's agent than work with the main listing agent in our area. We haven't got any recommendations for one yet.
My main concern is fin...
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I am curious to those of you guys that actively wholesale properties. Do you tell your end buyer that you are wholesaling or use a double close? Do you tell the seller that you are wholesaling their property or simply...