Question by realreynolds: Can a real estate broker and a lawyer start a real estate company together?
My fiance is considering becoming licensed to sell real estate. I am a first year law student. I have learned a little about real estate transactions and how they work. I understand the roles of both the broker and the attorney, but I’m wondering if my husband-to-be and I will be able to use our skills together to start our own business. Will I have to have a separate practice, or can the real estate lawyer be a part of the broker’s company?

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Question by Shaggy: What happen to the money for foreclosures?
What has happen to money to buy foreclosures going bad? Millions of us now are facing or soon will be facing foreclosure due to these big banks. I am in the 23rd year of my 30 year mortgage and now lost my job as well as my wife and no work to be found. EI checks is not enough to live on and pay for food, clothing, utilities let alone our mortgage payment and the Employment Insurance checks is about to stop. Our savings is now gone as well as our retirement fund we had to dip into to survive this past year.
Are we going to be forgotten?
Where is our help?

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Question by aheim76: What does lease purchase with a tenant option mean exactly?
I am living in a house that is for sale and the person that is going to buy it said they might be willing to do a lease purchase with a tenant option with owner financing.

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Question by Nichole S: What is a lease-purchase agreement when purchasing a townhouse?
I’m looking to purchase a 4 bed /3 bath brownstone . The asking price is 725K. I’m not sure how lease-purchase agreements work. HELP!

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Question by John Kalu: What do I stand to gain by investing in Real Estate?
I have some spare which I want to invest and I was thinking of doing some real estate investing. But I really don’t know what I would stand to benefit from investing in Real Estate.

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Question by Thats how I Roll: How do you make money investing in commercial real estate???
I have become very interested in commercial real estate but I was wondering if this venture could actually be profitable or is it just a decent portfolio option for people already wealthy??

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