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I purchased a SFR in a suburb of Philadelphia in late 2006 with an 80/20 loan for $355k as my primary residence. My family and I lived there for 10 years and and have since relocated to Southern California. We now ren...
Planning on living in a duplex where we would have a negative CoC ROI and a negative cash flow for the first year. Only planning on living there for one year because of the FHA rules. From there, I estimate we would b...
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So....I started telling my family that my hubby and I are moving from CA to MI to start investing in real estate while operating our business remotely and heard so much negativity. My hubby isnt scared because he has ...
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What do you say to the naysayers? And what if that naysayer is your spouse? My thought is that actions speak louder than words, so I'm hoping that my first flip & fix is a success, which will speak for itself. Any...
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So far all the ways I've learned about REI require equity. How can I help a homeowner that does not have equity with automatically referring them to short sale or what not? Is there a workable limit that would help ac...
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You know I shared with some family what I planned on doing. I was hoping for support but they were very negative. It is very true that those closest to you will hurt you the most. My goals are too important to allow a...
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Hi -Newbie question. A favor, please. If you are using #s to explain something, please pull from the #s below.I am in the process of buying my first long-distance property. First the #s:$150k purchase price$50k repair...
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I'm in the process of running the numbers on property that I'm interested in AZ. I do have an agent. However I'm running into a road block with the numbers. I don't have the 20% down so, my plan is to do owner occupy ...
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Hi,everyone I'm a newbie to real estate investing, currently located at Victoria Texas, and I'm trying to get my first owner-occupied house here, and after one year turn it into a rental property, after running num...
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Sorry for all the questions lately. I own two properties, the other property I've owned for several years, rents mostly to graduate students and is in a pretty good area and is pretty cut and dried. The newer rental r...