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All Forum Posts by: Arlan Potter

Arlan Potter has started 9 posts and replied 1480 times.

Post: How to become a property manager

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Learn the business by working for someone else.. Lots of paperwork. liability. etc

Post: How do I show banks I don’t pay my own mortgage ?

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You cant do that. You can show rental income on a schedule E that is more than the mortgage payments you make. You can show them the leases you have with the room renters, etc. Technically you pay your mortgage.

Post: is commercial line of credit on rental property a recourse or non

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You will most likely have to personally guarantee it.

Post: Less than 20% down payment?

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I am curious You let a local RE agent tell you what type of financing you can get? Interesting

Post: Line of Credit CUT!!

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I haven't heard about a heloc but I had an $80,000 Line of credit called one time by a bank and another time a bank demanded repayments on a line of credit of $25,000 per quarter for a year.

Post: Real estate investing

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I wouldn't. It is not rocket science'

Post: home with foundation issues

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All houses have foundation issues. It all depends on the severity. PS I Don't know what a seller with foundation issues is. Maybe small feet.

Post: Is it better to compete with or partner up?

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Bid higher

Post: Housing market will crash?

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Why would it crash? When will it crash? If you know that, then you will still not know the length of a crash, whatever a crash is.

Post: When do I invest in an REI attorney?

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A good time is when you need one. Get a boatload of properties first.