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Money first or deal first?
I am having trouble on deciding wether to focus primarily on learning, or creating a large income and saving every penny to make my first move? Currently I have hours of the day focused on each.
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@Caleb Keating..I’d say you need both. You can’t have one without the other. What good is it to have a pile of money with no knowledge on how to invest it wisely? Or a pile of knowledge with no capital to invest.