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Working out what my first purchase costs in a way that survives contact with a house I can't get into. I've been running 15 percent of ARV as a repair contingency on anything I ha…
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Every time I look at buying, I end up stuck on the same question, and the pull toward it keeps coming even with a small crew to run on the service side. There are three doors into…
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I thought this was a hypothetical question until it landed in front of me. Bank-owned three bedroom, listed at a number I can make work vacant. The listing agent says the bank wil…
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I read the ATTOM first-quarter 2026 numbers this week. Filings 118,727, up 26 percent year over year. Starts 82,631, up 20. Bank repossessions 14,020, up 45. More than twelve stra…
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I have been pricing sourcing tools and the spread is wide. The national subscriptions with daily updated default and auction data run from about thirty dollars a month for somethi…
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I'm still working out where I fit in this industry, and lately I've been sitting in on trustee sales in my own county to learn the mechanics. Six on the calendar last month. Four…
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I've been sitting on the sidelines reading county notices for about five months. Everything I read about the auction stage says cash or certified funds, sometimes same day, someti…