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27 December 2023 | 176 replies
In pursuit of yields in the current market in our area, many investors consider mobile homes but lose interest on closer inspection.
10 February 2021 | 1 reply
I have tried some fancy approaches to force the market to bear a higher profit than it is willing to produce, but each time come back to simple, bread-and-butter investing.I jumped onto the site and took advantage of one of these "awesome deals" and for the weeks that followed I saw shiny object after shiny object illuminate my inbox . . . not to mention some very powerful retargeting "educating me" on the "easiest strategy you're not using to make $14k a week" and some such.So, after spending my already limited time and emotional energy on two of these pursuits in as many weeks, I decided to can it and say "see ya never" to the gimmicks.That's my experience.
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2 June 2021 | 8 replies
Dang @Calvin Thomas, this IS a pickle.As far as the money goes, I would be inclined to forego the legal pursuit and put the $50-75k (or lets say $75k since legal fees are rarely less than they can be) towards the $110k in re-construction costs.
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16 February 2016 | 18 replies
To be more successful, you simply have to work on the other elements to progress your REI pursuit.
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16 November 2015 | 5 replies
Since he doesn't have a mortgage, he can easily get a line of credit on the home to finance his future pursuits.
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22 July 2019 | 5 replies
I suppose the obvious answer then would be to let that ride, and gather funds from elsewhere to start my pursuit for additional passive income.
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24 June 2014 | 11 replies
I started my LLC and I am committed to my pursuits and eager to continue to learn by as much as I can.
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13 January 2017 | 9 replies
We ended up in a parking lot where they wrote me a check for $1,000 to drop any pursuit for a higher commission - I think the home was $300K at the time.
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13 March 2016 | 11 replies
I also find work part time, although much less so now, as a photographer.My goal in real estate is to build enough passive income to allow me to quit my job and focus on other pursuits, such as: traveling, living abroad, photography, investing in other businesses (which I will discuss at the end), and continuing to invest in real estate, of course.
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8 April 2016 | 9 replies
In the past I have sacrificed my family time in pursuit of my long term goal of financial independence that will allow me to spend more time with my family.