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11 February 2025 | 3 replies
Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.
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11 February 2025 | 3 replies
This will give you a baseline of how much you spend per month.
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6 February 2025 | 12 replies
Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.
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29 January 2025 | 12 replies
You can spend as little as $100 to form an LLC, or you could use an attorney and spend $1,000 or more.
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2 February 2025 | 2 replies
At $10/hr thats $1600/mo so even if you spend $5k - get one deal its paid for itself.
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8 February 2025 | 7 replies
I spend money on postcards, distressed lists and a website.
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24 January 2025 | 18 replies
Also, how much time do you want to spend doing real estate vs. your main job or extra work in order to fund it.
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1 February 2025 | 10 replies
I think he spends most of his time on his coaching program, when he should be focused on his investors returns.
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24 January 2025 | 0 replies
Spend more than half of your total working hours in an RE business in which you materially participate.2.
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1 February 2025 | 1 reply
Long story short, you spend a month cleaning and renovating, then you find a new tenant after just 15 days.In total, you lost three months of rent income ($3,000) plus paying utilities ($500).