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24 May 2024 | 5 replies
Airtags are devices developed by apple to track things like keys or bags, I use this to airtag items most susceptible to theft like hot water tanks or furnaces and provide this data to the police to track the perpetrators.2.
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25 May 2024 | 15 replies
Most pet owners are responsible people who control their animals and take responsibility for accidents.3.
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29 May 2024 | 64 replies
The ones who are not cut out for this are the ones who get financially stressed easily and can't let go of control enough to let other people help.
26 May 2024 | 8 replies
Also control the draw funds pay the subs directly and get lien releases ..
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25 May 2024 | 14 replies
Hi Everyone,I am making a commitment to be more active on here, and going to try to post here a few times a month and also answer questions from my perspective for the younger investors.As the title suggests, I am a long time RE investor, have 3 properties 2 of which I rent out (one is cash flowing $700/mo , YES) I control 1M in assets, have about 250k in equity total.
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25 May 2024 | 2 replies
I"m amazed that has worked but keeping control of the money is a sound business practice for a variety of reasons.
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25 May 2024 | 2 replies
If you can't keep control of your personal finances, you are highly unlikely to succeed in real estate investing.
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25 May 2024 | 10 replies
That said, we do lending out of our SDIRA and there are some considerations about prohibited transactions and set up (checkbook control or custodian managed, for example) etc. that should be reviewed with a custodian or SDIRA expert.
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26 May 2024 | 11 replies
If you can't keep control of your personal finances, you are highly unlikely to succeed in real estate investing.
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23 May 2024 | 52 replies
My points above are to show, while you have no control over the buyer, you do have total control over what you accept in the original contract.