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If forced to restart..how would you do it?
I think it would be great to hear what the bigger pockets community would do in this position:
If forced to re-start from the beginning with no capital, no credit, and no connections, what would your first step be.
Would you build capital and then invest? Build connections and maybe a partnership. Find a hard money lender for initial capital?
Tell us what you would do and how. Thank you for your time!
-Elijah
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I would start sooner. I am trying to educate my high school age daughter and help her to capitalize on opportunities that I never knew existed. School does an incredibly poor job of educating our kids on issues of money, so I am trying to show my kids how to avoid some of the pitfalls that I jumped into.