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Steven Shotts
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Investing in low income urban areas

Steven Shotts
  • Birmingham, AL
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I'm just starting in the real estate business, but I'm drawn to plexes and most of the ones I find that I can realistically buy are in dilapidated areas. I'm mostly looking in Birmingham, Alabama. My question is: to get started should I take a chance on cheaper multifamily in order to gain experience. I'm 29 with a full time job, wife 2 kids and about $10,000 to use for bank financing.

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Nicholas Miller
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  • Fort Wayne, IN
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Nicholas Miller
  • Residential Real Estate Broker
  • Fort Wayne, IN
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I dont like working in war zones but I would rather have units that are under leveraged than a business that doesnt make money....  Work where the numbers work not where you want to work.

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