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2 March 2024 | 25 replies
You may see it on paper, but the reality is it's going vanish.If you're comfortable house hacking, probably a better choice.
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1 March 2024 | 5 replies
HIGHLY recommend you STOP watching S8 YouTube videos and spend more time here reading posts about S8 to learn reality not hype.
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1 March 2024 | 6 replies
The reality for me is that I have little capital to start and it hasn't helped watching a million gurus on social media talk about the "ease" of utilizing OPMs.
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2 March 2024 | 10 replies
But it will not be the same way I was winning when rates were 3% (or maybe it is - but reality is there will be some changes to the business as 3% rates is like a professional team playing against a pee-wee team).
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4 March 2024 | 59 replies
Bigger Pockets Real Estate rookie podcast posted a great episode in the last week or so where they interview a CPA and get their opinion of when a rookie should get a CPAI think a lot of rookie investors (myself included) worry and focus too much on setting up LLCs, getting the taxes lined up etc ... when in reality we need to get a couple deals under our belt and then we can start figuring out the rest.
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1 March 2024 | 6 replies
The reality is that the residents are usually there and willing to share all kinds of things.
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1 March 2024 | 10 replies
The reality is this is a challenging RE market.
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1 March 2024 | 2 replies
This highlights that the sector is ongoing adjustments to post-COVID realities and shifting economic policies.
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1 March 2024 | 8 replies
Robert Kiyosaki has talked about renting a primary instead of owning because the primary can be considered a liability (it typically doesn't generate cash flow).The challenge here is that in reality you can't ignore the lifestyle issues - money is a means to an end, not an end in itself.
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29 February 2024 | 9 replies
I've seen firms like marcus and millichap pitch 6CAP but in reality its only 3CAP, It's funny their proforma is pitching market rents, but their client is selling with rents that are tied up by county regulations at 50% of market rents, and it will take decades to get to the market rents.