In this edition of the Weekly Digs: How to buy foreclosures and net $20,000 in monthly rents. What is wholesaling real estate, and is it too good to be true? And the number of home buyers who signed contracts plummeted in December, despite high demand. This and more below the fold.
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From Realtor.com’s Latest News
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The Number of Buyers Who Signed Contracts on Homes Plummeted in December Despite High Demand
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Refinancing Boom Fuels Mortgages to Postcrisis Record
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What Is Wholesaling Real Estate? Is It Too Good to Be True?
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How to Buy Foreclosures: How John Nets $20,000 in Monthly Rents
- At 30, John Soforic was broke. But he had a vision: he wanted to earn $220,000 per year in passive income. So he wrote himself a check for $220,000, which he set aside where he would see it. By his late 40s, that vision had become reality. Not that he waited that long…
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From Reddits /r/RealEstate Subreddit
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San Diego couple just lost $800k due to wire fraud. Reminder to always verify your wire instructions
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Our landlord hired a property manager to oversee our office building. We still receive all utility bills, that I scan and email to the property manager. None of them get paid on time and we’ve recurved multiple shut off notices. Shouldn’t the utility bills be managed by the property manager?
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Local town building department trying to enforce an open permit from 1954 which was issued by a different town and predates the formation of this town by 28 years
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