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21 January 2025 | 4 replies
My piece of advice would be to research emerging neighborhoods and focus on areas with strong job growth and infrastructure development.
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24 January 2025 | 21 replies
After that's under control, focus on increasing income through additional work at your current job, taking on a side hustle, or finding ways to increase income on your existing rental.At the same time, educate yourself.
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20 January 2025 | 8 replies
I work in tech and she just started a new job here for the state.
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27 January 2025 | 2 replies
Keep your W-2 job, save, and you’ll be able to afford your next down payment.
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17 January 2025 | 10 replies
Few of us are full-time hosts, instead we have day-jobs.
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12 January 2025 | 5 replies
USDA does not.If you have a job gap (6+ months of unemployment) on an FHA loan, then you have to go back 2 years prior to the job gap AND be back to work for 6 months before you are eligible.How to avoid this?
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19 January 2025 | 10 replies
Newbie investors talk about how they are going to get rentals so they can quit their job.
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22 January 2025 | 12 replies
Seeing that you are moving for job reasons, I would probably suggest option 4 until you learn if Seattle is going to be a permanent answer.
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30 January 2025 | 3 replies
@Keetaek Hong I'm a huge fan of DFW and HOU because of their population growth and job growth.
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25 January 2025 | 7 replies
The Contractor is wrongly blamed for job over-runs when it is usually the clients fault.