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30 January 2025 | 12 replies
Quote from @Jai Windish: Hey everyone,I am from Illinois and actually closer to Peoria than Champaign, but choices were limited.
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29 January 2025 | 14 replies
But I think any experienced investor would agree that if you aren't doing value-add when it comes to real estate investing, you aren't actually investing.
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29 January 2025 | 8 replies
If they actually use a reputable title company I'd do it but if not, I won't trust them.
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3 February 2025 | 8 replies
Most of the time, an ADU will cost 100k just for that part and then you have to actually build the cosmetic part for an additional 40-50k.
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8 February 2025 | 10 replies
I now know what is actually a “red flag problem” and what can wait months, years, or indefinitely to repair.
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26 January 2025 | 5 replies
I had a call with Simpletalk a few months ago and seemed pretty interesting but haven't pulled the trigger yet as it is costly.I know services do white labels and people brand it into their own AI call services, which mean a lot of these AI calls may actually be the same service...How much does Air AI cost?
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23 January 2025 | 7 replies
Quote from @Shawn Questa: A few times I've reached out to Cash Buyers and they would tell me that they are a part of an Investment Group and that they are ready to quickly Close Deals would be happy to work with me.Later I would come to find out that they are actually a Group of Wholesalers, like me.I guess I would prefer to Work directly with the Investor, Cash Buyer or Flipper.
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26 January 2025 | 10 replies
Look for motivated sellers off market and market via cold calling and or direct mail, geofencing, advertising and the like.A good wholesaler is as @Ericka Parrott mentioned, direct to seller, did good underwriting and can deliver an actual "Deal" whether buy and hold or flip.
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11 February 2025 | 6 replies
I would be very careful with a lot of course or guru in general right especially a price tag like that what I would always recommend reading the contract and see who is the person more in favor and if its not you then dont sign up very rare to see someone actually benefit from a course.