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16 June 2024 | 1 reply
Has anyone worked with a lender who has actually closed an FHA, VA or Conventional Energy Efficient Mortgage?
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20 June 2024 | 2 replies
I stopped for a while to do life coaching and energy work, and then I met a guy who was a broker that wanted to get more into the development side so we teamed up with his dad, a lawyer, and started up.As things have progressed, I am now finding lots of deals, and as it turns out, the guy I am working with is not really delivering the investors like he said he could/would so I am learning that part of the process now too as most of my deals sit quietly on the sidelines.
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17 June 2024 | 2 replies
We will also birddog the best opportunities on the contracting side so i figure we can boost out hourly rate up to at least $100/hr (from 80), and jump from the build to contract jobs to take advantage (we have our own heavy equipment and dump truck).
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19 June 2024 | 10 replies
My tenants pay for their own utilities, and I own homes in Memphis, TN, but I was wondering if this was a solid strategy for tax benefits and energy conservation or to see if anyone else does this for their rentals.
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19 June 2024 | 3 replies
I did purchase the course about a year ago but quite honestly it's just been sitting around collecting dust because I really didn't want to invest my time and energy into something like this that I wasn't 100% confident about.
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23 June 2024 | 105 replies
The point is to create more damns to cross to get to you and more time, energy and expense of the person suing you.
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18 June 2024 | 38 replies
Hi @Mike Lambert,Curious, how come you can’t boost returns as effectively with leverage in Spain vs the US?
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19 June 2024 | 11 replies
Ultimately, does anyone really ever set out to do real estate as a minor part of their life's ambitions and succeed in it as a side hustle that they spend a carefully limited amount of their time and energy on?
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18 June 2024 | 13 replies
We use OwnerRez.You can also go with a fully custom provider like Boostly but I'd recommend piggy backing on your PMS to get a "free" website so you can get a feel for it first.
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19 June 2024 | 0 replies
They will significantly boost labor productivity; - Inflation is trending down;- the Fed is itching to lower interest rates and bond markets are starting to sniff out a shift in the winds;- there is a ~$70 trillion wealth transfer from the Baby Boomers to their kidsbeginning (including their homes and real estate assets);- home prices are increasing steadily, not chaotically;- overall rents are up, but steading thanks to apartment rents / supply;- wage growth, for more than a year, is back to above inflation levels;- and the bottom 50% have more $ in their checking accounts than ever before as a % of wealth.