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29 January 2025 | 3 replies
I recently came in contact with a RE investor who is farther down the line in his career than I am. When I asked him where he gets his deals from, he said wholesalers, word of mouth, and bigger pockets. It surprised m...
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27 January 2025 | 8 replies
This means that you will probably need to pay registration and filing fees in at least 2 states if you don’t buy CA property as a CA resident.Be sure to tell your accountant that you may now need to file non-resident income tax returns in each state where you own property as well.
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21 January 2025 | 5 replies
But consumers all are on the site for free where real estate agents are constantly hawked to buy leads or participate in what is now a 35-40% referral business for unvetted leads who think they are contacting the listing agent.Their business model has always been flawed.
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22 January 2025 | 2 replies
Hello All, I have a client asking if they could buy a portfolio of 5 properties (at a "packaged deal" rate) and sell off two of them to recoup some of the initial down money needed to buy them.
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31 January 2025 | 5 replies
I'm still in the process of finding an alternative solution but I thought I'd leave this here as a warning for others looking to make a decision.For reference, I'll just post their email response to me here:As we review your inquiry, we would like to remind you of the following key points from our Terms of Use:In no instance shall ShinePay be liable for any of the following:"Lost revenue from service interruptions.Lost revenue stemming from delays, malfunctions of any product.unauthorized gains access to your account or due to shared passwords or if your password is hacked.Destruction to properly, places, or personal injury resulting from the installation, misinstalling, or misuse of any product.Lost revenue from entering the wrong account number for ACH or other bank transfer or money transfers or due to any delay in receiving funds.Damage to your structure, machines or car resulting from use or installation of our products.Any funds collected that are paid to a person that does not own the property.Any harm from defeating the lock and technology that controls the lock to a device.Failure to properly service any product or machine."
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25 January 2025 | 17 replies
Buy that if want, it's probably closer to the 3-5s.
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20 January 2025 | 1 reply
It is just a farmer's market for real estate products.
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10 February 2025 | 120 replies
As I have said they can throw people out for negativity so you will unlikely get a true and honest review from anyone in a forum like this. these training companies just follow MLM tactics ala Amway etc.. right down to the sell the product make money. its all the same marketing just the product is different.
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24 January 2025 | 12 replies
What is the specific product you used, if you don't mind me asking?
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11 February 2025 | 1681 replies
The major issue here is the accusations that investors where told they were buying product X & they received product Y which was of course far worse.