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24 December 2024 | 44 replies
While many gurus glorify the strategies they’re selling through courses or books, methods like out of state investing aren’t easy and can put you in a tough financial spot if you’re not careful.
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13 December 2024 | 10 replies
HOWEVER, I recommend reading Stuart's advice above very carefully and perhaps soliciting his feedback on the deal in more detail before putting too much more time into it.
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1 December 2024 | 10 replies
The much larger group 1 is the people who are naive and due to their lack of knowledge, experience, and possibly limited capacity, get “suckered” by the scammers.The smaller group 2 are those that understand but don’t care if they’re part of an unethical undertaking as long as they make money themselves.
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11 December 2024 | 6 replies
But unless they advertise the seller finance (and be careful as most are really bad deals), then you'll need to talk them into it.
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9 December 2024 | 5 replies
If you are taking care of things, any punitive damages would zero or very small.
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13 December 2024 | 22 replies
Thank you76542 is going to be the best zip code to be in. 76543 you are going to want to tread carefully and be sure to check the specific neighborhood and street you are looking at. 76549 has 2 divisions that are very different.
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13 December 2024 | 11 replies
Well it will need to be life changing events like having kids, new job, divorce, taking care family members etc but the rule of thumb is to live there for at least one year then being able to rent it out and converting it into an investment property.
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9 December 2024 | 2 replies
1) If you continue waiting for the "right time ”, you’ll always be waiting.2) Your current job doesn't care about you.
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10 December 2024 | 2 replies
If they find out, they can get really intrusive and they do not care about your circumstance.
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11 December 2024 | 5 replies
Instead of lawn care, you have snow removal.