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7 March 2024 | 18 replies
It's about:Curating Relevant Interactions: Filtering through the noise to ensure that discussions and connections are directly relevant to your goals in real estate.Ensuring Quality of Network: Prioritizing the caliber of connections over the sheer number, because meaningful relationships are what drive real progress.Streamlining the Process: Making every step from networking to deal closure as efficient as possible, which in turn maximizes your time and potential for success.The reality is, the market has been tainted by course gurus, leading to a loss of hope and increasing skepticism.
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7 March 2024 | 12 replies
I've been using the same inspector for years, because not only does he do a good job with inspections, but he also understands the realities of REI, and he understands what types of issues could jeopardize my investment approach.
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6 March 2024 | 11 replies
A couple of months ago, I started the process on a HELOC and assembling a team in Sacramento to make this a reality.
7 March 2024 | 14 replies
I can totally appreciate what @Keith Leckey @Austin Mountain have described regarding their personal experiences and the fact that the three of us have given you very lengthy responses to the realities of Section 8 should tell you alone the complexities that you will no doubt be dealing with if you care to enter into the program.
7 March 2024 | 14 replies
He puts on this "hard working religious American" front, when in reality, hes just another scammer online.DO NOT BUY OR TRUST THIS GUY.
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6 March 2024 | 6 replies
If I am understanding the situation, you took at a 12 month loan and it is now due and the lender is foreclosing (I do not understand the six month comment).Here is the reality, getting a lawyer and spending $ to delay a foreclosure is only going to cost you more $ as the lender will also have legal costs that get added to the loan and you will have legal costs.Your options are refinance or file bankruptcy.
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6 March 2024 | 7 replies
Unfortunately reality quickly set in when we contracted an engineering firm to start the septic and wastewater plan.
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9 March 2024 | 89 replies
C'est la vie--such is life.House hacking definitely DOES work in today's market, it just doesn't work exactly the same as it did several years ago, so you have to adjust your expectations and approach to the realities of the market (just like any REI strategy).
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5 March 2024 | 5 replies
Discipline comes into play when those unrealistic expectations become a reality and the vision becomes blurry.
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8 March 2024 | 121 replies
Facts are reality.