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4 December 2024 | 37 replies
Connie this is not true.. there about 15 states that require state license and NMLS in CA you can do HML with a RE Broker license legally..
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7 December 2024 | 12 replies
I love the idea of fix & flip right now @Abigail King, especially right now here in Chicago and I am sure it is similar for you in central Illinois -- it's winter so there are way less buyers and if you can get under contract soon you can likely rehab over the winter months and hit the spring market!
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17 December 2024 | 86 replies
If you are new, you want the teaching type.You can hire individual specialists in asset protection, legal documents, estate planning, and so on, but my belief is that it's better to get that in a training program focused on real estate investing by investors.
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7 December 2024 | 6 replies
There's a few GC contracting coaches out there that likely have a few tips that would apply to how you want to see this ran.
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12 December 2024 | 20 replies
Also if u got a contract to do a look thou 2 times a year or whatever you got in place see if they got food laying around or anything that would want the mice to cone back.
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6 December 2024 | 2 replies
I fund a lot of folks that do this. its just wholesaling dirt .. nothing sinister .. some try to actually buy it others try to tie it up and assign contracts.
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9 December 2024 | 1 reply
You're the fish.They often use a mix of fear, threat and urgency to push a target to act.It can be as simple as a 24 hours sale from your favorite shop that requires you to log in to your account first or your boss asking you to wire money right now or he/she/they will lose an important contract that will cost millions.So cybersecurity is important because without that, you might have an incident that can cost a lot of money, impact your reputation and might affect your credit score.
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22 November 2024 | 33 replies
I have no clue what contracts you need.
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6 December 2024 | 2 replies
Our team has just gotten our first commercial property under contract and our time will largely be spent in these areas in the immediate future.
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4 December 2024 | 8 replies
Get it under contract to close in 6-12 months when it is done.