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Do the areas you invest in have point of sale inspections? I am finding most if not all of the suburbs have them around me and some of the cities make you put the repair money in escrow. Some of the cities want the ...
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I'm a new landlord in a HCOL area with lots of highly paid young professionals. I have a well qualified applicant (2 friends whom lived together before), but one of them let me know they smoke. They assured me they wo...
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Please share good and bad lessons learned about setting up an optimal business structure to buy a first rental property but be ready to scale to 5, 10, 20, and more in multiple states. What would you recommend? Those ...
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Has anyone ever used either private money or hard money to help fund a small unit apartment investment? If so, how did you structure the deal or how does it typically work so that eventually you pay back the loan and ...
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I had one goal this year which is to close on a 8-20 apartment unit.
I haven't given up yet. I know that anything can happen in 3 weeks. My team can call the right seller tomorrow and all of a sudden we have a prope...
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I just bought a property and it’s about half a mile from a giant development of huge corporate buildings, restaurants, apartments etc. has anyone dealt with leasing to a company for their traveling employees, or selli...
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I've been house hunting in Houston for a while now, and I finally found what I think might be my house-hacking dream home. The home was built in 2007, never flooded, currently priced well under market value, and after...
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To buy my own investment property, I understand I will have to live at the property for at least a year. Here's the problem: qualifying could be tricky. I live and work in California, where I have a solid work history...
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has anyone ever tried this? basically do the rehab 100% on the outside,so it has nice curb appeal. do all work inside to the point where you have drywall up and primed white. then market as starting at your lowest pri...
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Would you use a hard money lender or your own cash to pay for a flip (property + rehab)
I can see advantages to both.
Using your own money you save on the cost of borrowing it and the fees and such hassle of getting...