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20 February 2024 | 62 replies
Here's what I do (and mind you, painting an already trashed ghetto house vs the million dollar homes I worked on is a little different, but it all comes down to prep)Grease on walls: Get on Amazon and buy yourself a big container of Purple Power.
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20 February 2024 | 16 replies
Leverage can be a really powerful tool, so learning how and when to use it will go a long way for an investor to be successful in real estate.
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18 February 2024 | 1 reply
Buyers have significantly more negotiating power.
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16 February 2024 | 5 replies
If you can find them on Facebook, send them a private FB message that says the same thing.Put a battery-operated deer camera in an inconspicuous place at the end of Day 10, so you can have proof if they come back.
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17 February 2024 | 9 replies
That should give you a good appreciation and cash flow in the future.It all depends on the amount of down payment and your purchase power.
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19 February 2024 | 145 replies
Tenants here don’t attack you physically (myth) and they understand you have the legal power to remove them from their home.
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18 February 2024 | 54 replies
But finding any sort of niche and exploring it is a very powerful thing.
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16 February 2024 | 8 replies
So, now you are up $0.75 overall.I understand of course there is the principal of the power of leverage, paying back with future money/rent, and being able to scale multiple properties that are amortizing/appreciating, etc.Otherwise, fundamentally my thought process makes sense, right?
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16 February 2024 | 6 replies
That can be VERY expensive if rates do drop on the next year or two.That being said they can be powerful products as long as you understand the pro's and con's.