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Real Estate Basics

Disclosures: Trust But Verify

May 26, 2008

I learned a very good lesson while performing due diligence on the house I put under contract. After arranging the inspection of the house, I got a call from my agent asking if I wanted to include a radon test as well as the standard inspection. Figuring that after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars [...]

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What Controls Mortgage Rates?

May 24, 2008

In my last post, I mentioned that all my home purchase paperwork had been completed, and that I was just sitting back waiting for the various other parties (my agent, mortgage broker, inspector, appraiser, etc) to get back to me… Well, the first person to get back to me was my mortgage broker. My application [...]

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Basics of Residential RE

May 7, 2008

As I mentioned in my previous post, I plan to base my real estate investment business around investing in apartment buildings (at least at first). Before I talk more about my investing plan, I should probably explain why I chose apartment buildings over other types of residential real estate investments. First, some background on the [...]

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