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5 February 2025 | 6 replies
In terms of finding a partner, I would recommend partnering with someone who has something that you don't have (understands renovations, real estate experience, has money, etc.)
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12 January 2025 | 10 replies
depends on your credit if you can get a mortgage or your ability to find good deals that you use hard money for and then refinance into DSRC.
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11 January 2025 | 15 replies
Go online to check the DBPR and make sure they are licensed.
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20 January 2025 | 19 replies
You are the owner and you make your own choices when it comes to your property.
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8 January 2025 | 10 replies
That means you’d have to make $60k?
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10 January 2025 | 2 replies
It may surprise you, but we have always operated under the premise that renewals make us more money than new leases.
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9 January 2025 | 15 replies
It makes sense to run the numbers, but will depend on the appraisal.
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8 January 2025 | 14 replies
We also run numbers to avoid lost money on blindly paying for an appraisal to find out its a dead deal or of no benefit.
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16 January 2025 | 11 replies
Those 7 years were cash positive, but we just weren't making enough cash flow to make it worth the trouble.
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17 January 2025 | 4 replies
Typically to grow a real estate business and raise money you are better off partnering with someone.