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31 January 2025 | 5 replies
Building on existing land helps eliminate the issue of land scarcity, which is a significant challenge due to California’s high real estate prices.
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5 February 2025 | 16 replies
Understand the Process – Before lending, make sure you have a solid grasp on the private lending process, terms, and risks.
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30 January 2025 | 5 replies
If you are investing out of state, then do you already have a good property manager lined up?
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19 January 2025 | 46 replies
Taxes are very high and everything is super slow and bureaucratic.
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13 January 2025 | 3 replies
Condo's usually have high HOA dues which will eat into your cash flow.
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24 January 2025 | 17 replies
Without the high leverage you reduce the top source of return in CA RE which is achieve via the appreciation on a high leverage property.
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3 February 2025 | 4 replies
Ultimately it would boil down to your personal risk tolerance.
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31 January 2025 | 170 replies
I think very highly of Neal.
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31 January 2025 | 19 replies
PM fees are high, exactly because so much work is required in managing STR.
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3 February 2025 | 15 replies
@Derick JenningsGreat to see you diving into real estate investing!