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16 January 2025 | 4 replies
I personally have no connections with anyone who is involved in this niche and I'm wondering how other people have started their journey.
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5 February 2025 | 5 replies
And I understand that there is a person here on BP that started a meetup for St Joe, but I have not seen them posting it lately..
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25 January 2025 | 2 replies
See the fact that mortgage rates are up about 1% from Oct when the fed started to cut the fed funds overnight rate as evidence.
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6 February 2025 | 16 replies
Hi Zoe, welcome good for you to start early, time is the most important ingredient with investing.
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6 February 2025 | 3 replies
The Roi combined for 3 duplexes after repair will have an ROI of 4.47. If I managed the properties myself, I would save about $900/month. Would that be worth it? I'm just thinking about the time it would take me to sh...
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6 February 2025 | 5 replies
This probably means the 1st year you are on the phone 8 hours a day 5 days a week calling people and trying to convince them to sell.
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31 January 2025 | 19 replies
I have 3 STR, all of which are at least 1 hour away from where I call home.
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22 January 2025 | 5 replies
Lots of leg work, calls and emails, but if you can find a few deals that could get you started with enough capital to get into your first deal on your own.
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21 January 2025 | 35 replies
Reality is owners do NOT value/track their own time, but handymen and contractors start charging the moment they leave their home or office.
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17 January 2025 | 4 replies
If you have the sellers, the buyers will start reaching out - it likely wont work for some of them and then you can ask what they are looking for and build relationships that way.