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How did you save up for your first investment property?
Investors, how did you save up enough money for your first property? What was your investment strategy when you first started out?
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Simple answer is spend less than you make. But for investment properties there are plenty of people out there with money and no time, looking for investors with time that need money. Just need to network in the right circles with a practiced pitch