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27 January 2025 | 0 replies
I'm not sure if this forum is still active, but I'm looking to chat with a few real estate investors in Ontario who may be interested in raising funds by selling fractional shares of their property.My co-founder and I are doing some market research so we need to talk to some folks to gather more insights before building this out.If this interests you or someone you know, please reach out.
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9 February 2025 | 246 replies
Would love to see an example of some real life qualifying activities and what you're including.
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11 February 2025 | 6 replies
Hi Ryan, I'm a licensed real estate broker in Illinois and also a property manager, and yes, in the state of Illinois, you need to be a licensed real estate broker (to be compliant) in order to manage property owned by others, because property management is considered a form of a real estate activity under Illinois law.
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14 January 2025 | 23 replies
It's not illegal provided you're dislosing it to all parties and not trying to actively hid it.
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24 January 2025 | 1 reply
The industry continues to see consolidation, with private equity-backed firms actively acquiring, albeit at a slightly slower pace than the frenzy a few years back.
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5 February 2025 | 5 replies
Also consider networking with investors active in those areas who can provide insight on what’s working.
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4 February 2025 | 1 reply
There was even one exceptionally kind Bigger Pockets member that seemed to know a lot about health and physical activity that we even chatted on the phone afterwards and he gave me some good pointers.
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8 January 2025 | 3 replies
Think hard about your criminal background criteria.
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25 January 2025 | 8 replies
I've been meeting all of my goals by being very active with my listings.
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27 January 2025 | 8 replies
I don't want to violate any of the self-promotion rules on this thread by specifically linking or name-dropping, but it's from a data analytics platform I am working on specifically built for tracking construction, debt, and ownership activity in the Philadelphia region.I will be posting more detailed insights soon.