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22 February 2018 | 9 replies
It is a bit of a retail desert at the moment but we're hoping that changes in the next few years.With the addition of Oracle just a few minutes away the Montopolis area is a very convenient location for their employees to settle down as that campus reaches its capacity.The community right across from the new milestone development is quite a bit older and I think there is an opportunity there for investors as well as north on Montopolis (that's where you'll find lots of beat up properties with BRRR potential)
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12 May 2017 | 7 replies
Here in the desert, lots of flippers just throw rock in the front yard and leave the backyard a hot mess whether it be dirt or dead grass and patches of dirt.
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13 June 2017 | 30 replies
Its nice to see someone from up in the high desert.
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13 May 2017 | 41 replies
But the desert its a no brainer.I am going to see about putting one on a big spec I am doing in Charleston.. to get the show started.
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10 July 2017 | 18 replies
She was getting fired up about the incredible information being shared, as we were in the middle of buying a vacation rental in Palm Desert, CA.
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28 July 2017 | 2 replies
Also looking at the deals up here in the high Desert I see only a few Duplexes, Triplex, and Fourplexes.
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1 August 2017 | 16 replies
However here are some suggestions:Partner with an experienced flipper where you provide some of the money and they teach you what they know.Buy a duplex or sfr and house hackBuy a duplex/sfr in a lower priced area (inland empire high desert) and rent it out.Good luck
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4 May 2017 | 2 replies
I married another ex-pat, who brought a small property to the marriage; 10 acres along HW 40 near the Painted Desert National Park.
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7 May 2017 | 8 replies
The upside to the property is that it's about 10 miles from the entrance to the Painted Desert National Park, and it has about 150 feet of frontage on HW 40.