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Somewhat Newbie from New Orleans, Louisiana
Hello everyone! My name is Dominique, I'm from New Orleans, La. I'm somewhat of a newbie to RE investing. I own a duplex that I have rented out for about 5yrs. The market in the area has gone in that time and it has appreciated about 90k in that time. During that time a close friend and I operated a successful short term rental for about a year.
I have a few family members that own rwntal properties but they only know or understand the conventional routes to acquire those rental priperties. When I mention creative financing or direct mail campigns they look at me like I'm crazy or that I'm just looking for a get rich quick scheme.
I joined the site to network, learn as much as I can to help assist me on my RE investing journey and to use the deal evaluation tools.