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All Forum Posts by: Eric Gerakos

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Quote from @Corby Goade:

If you are a high wage earner, you are wasting your time chasing cash flow in the midwest. All of that work in order to find a property with a little cash flow and modest appreciation is not a good use of your time. 

Trying to dig up your own deals is at least a full time job- the ROI on it doesn't really start to materialize until a year or so in to full time plus efforts.

If you are making good money, you should be focusing on two things: tax mitigation and long term wealth building. You can do that by buying B or better properties in growing, desirable areas. 

No, they probably won't cash flow in a traditional sense right away, but you'll put much more money in your pocket using tax mitigation strategies that you'd ever get from cash flow on SFH in the midwest.

As those properties grow in value and become more and more desirable, you'll be building up a very nice nest egg that will pay off in spades 10 years from now, and you'll be making money all along the way. That's where generational wealth happens. 

Best of luck!

This.

Post: Putting $1M into Crypto

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Quote from @Jim K.:
Quote from @Adam Michael Andrews:

There are a lot of advantages to crypto, but one interesting point that doesn’t get enough airtime is that it’s the first form of ownership in human history, globally valid, that is enforced by mathematical proofs instead of violence (or threat thereof). For this reason alone it’s worth having some held directly in my opinion.

Only you would quote Stevenson. Quite appropriately too…..

 Own, crypto, the ethical asset!

The woman’s face lit up with a malignant anger. “That is the house of Shaws!” she cried. “Blood built it; blood stopped the building of it; blood shall bring it down. See here!” she cried again—“I spit upon the ground, and crack my thumb at it! Black be its fall! If ye see the laird, tell him what ye hear; tell him this makes the twelve hunner and nineteen time that Jennet Clouston has called down the curse on him and his house, byre and stable, man, guest, and master, wife, miss, or bairn—black, black be their fall!”


Only you would quote Stevenson. Quite appropriately too….

Post: Why does cash flow matter

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Cash flow doesn’t generate wealth. Appreciation generates wealth. Which is why it’s generally better to own fewer but better properties in areas that are desirable VS owning many “affordable” (undesirable) crapboxes in the Midwest. Best of luck to you.

I would worry less about “scalability” and more about losing the roof over your head. As others have said, being over leveraged can be disastrous. Best of luck.

Post: Build a Single-Family Portfolio or Go Straight to Multifamily? 🤔

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Mario, instead of focusing on "20 properties" I would buy fewer but better properties. Avoid affordable (undesirable) properties that will typically have higher maintenance and vacancy, and buy A or B properties with less maintenance and better appreciation, which is where the real money is made. Best of luck!!!

Post: Renting to Friends and Family: Seeking Your Experiences

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This is why renting to family or friends is generally a bad idea.

Post: Are condos worse investments than SFH or other detached residences

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My condos have been some of my most profitable rentals. I buy in upscale areas and my appreciation is much better than "affordable" SFH in the Midwest.

Post: New to bigger pocket!

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Welcome to Bigger Pocket!!!

Post: Investment starting in Putnam, Flagler county florida

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Welcome, Tyson. Do Florida rentals still pencil out with current insurance rates? I'm considering buying a house in nearby Palm Coast as I travel there for business.

Post: Adding a person & 2 cats to lease agreement

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The hardest part is getting their little paws to hold a pen.......