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3 April 2023 | 8 replies
As a recent college grad I can tell you that much of the learning experience still comes from personal relationships with professors and fellow students.
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1 February 2016 | 66 replies
We did just that and have unofficially become the "landlord of choice" for one local U's incoming professors and students.
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14 August 2023 | 31 replies
Examples of mentors could be a mother or a father, an uncle or a neighbor, a high school teacher or college professor, or even a boss, a friend, or an AA sponsor.
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13 September 2023 | 3 replies
Setting the frame:I am an investor and make my income from being a practitioner of real estate rather than a professor of it.
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29 August 2023 | 15 replies
Being a student can provide as a valuable resource, personally I utilized a lot of business school professors to connect with investor friendly agents and lenders.
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7 September 2020 | 3 replies
I have a tenant who has not lost her job (professor at a private university), is paying the min 25% rent and is subleasing (property is in LA County).
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13 September 2023 | 200 replies
Those Professor bennies ain't cheap.
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12 October 2023 | 2 replies
It's like a professor who teaches a business course, does that individual actually own and run their own business?
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13 November 2023 | 8 replies
I am a semi-retired business professor, veteran, and have the time and cash flow to sponsor some involvement in some capacity in real estate investing.
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20 May 2020 | 29 replies
Finally, I landed a professor in real estate finance that got me all fired up.