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29 August 2024 | 2 replies
You can also find real estate investing groups through meetup.com, Facebook, or a Google search.
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29 August 2024 | 14 replies
As an investor, I focus on Columbus, Ohio, which has been booming, especially with tech giants like Intel, Meta, Amazon, and Google expanding there.
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28 August 2024 | 21 replies
It seems like a lot of folks use Podio, but I'm thinking about just making a Google Sheet with contact info and using Evernote to keep notes about meetings for active projects.
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2 September 2024 | 24 replies
Insurance - ValuePenguinLow operating costs - The two most significant operating costs for an investor are property taxes and insurance.Property tax rates: State Property Tax Rates - Rocket MortgageInsurance rates: Insurance - ValuePenguinNo rent control of any kind: Google searchThe result is a short list of potential candidate cities.
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28 August 2024 | 3 replies
Even their still under construction web page has errors.And their Google listing shows "Permanently closed".No - Just...No!!!
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28 August 2024 | 6 replies
Do a google search for "we buy houses [city] [state]"Sell my housewho buys housescash for my houselegitimate cash buyers, all with city state.99.9999999% of all websites out there are wholesalers.Then go to facebook and do a group search for "investors, cash buyers, wholesaler" then your city state.
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30 August 2024 | 25 replies
People are learning to reverse image search or Google the name of the property to avoid platform fees.
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30 August 2024 | 29 replies
Google Mill City Park.
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29 August 2024 | 10 replies
You can also find real estate investing groups through meetup.com, Facebook, or a Google search.
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27 August 2024 | 30 replies
A quick Google search of actual market data does not support that at all.