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9 January 2025 | 46 replies
Like I brokered a 22 lot development of duplex's for a builder and just charged him 30k flat fee per sale.. they sold for 225k each back in 05 when I did this and I sold them all in one weekend at a big event i paid for in San Jose CA.. all to CA investors it was my fly and buy program I did in those days..
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16 December 2024 | 5 replies
For instance, someone making $500k a year and living in a very highly appreciating market might be extremely happy on a deal that loses $200 a month but is getting 5% appreciation on a 2 million dollar property in San Diego, butut that doesn't make sense for the investor with 30k and a lower paying job.When it comes to the book series I agree with you that the order doesn't make sense (having read both).
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16 December 2024 | 4 replies
After he teamed up with a local intermediary in the Bay Area.. from what I read in the Wall Street Journal, Lockton has been helping investors streamline these moves.. he ended up freeing enough capital to invest in a mixed-use building in San Antonio that we’d been eyeing for a while.I’m no attorney or CPA, so I’m not giving legal or tax advice here, but there’s definitely something to be said for repositioning your insurance to fit your broader investment goals.
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16 December 2024 | 2 replies
The beauty is, you can rinse and repeat, moving your equity up the ladder of properties, from a small duplex in Austin to a bigger aprtment complex in San Antonio, or even pivot into a promising commercial spot right here in the Phoenix area.I remember a friend of mine who started off nervous as heck about his first exchange.
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2 January 2025 | 36 replies
I ran into a similar issue back in 2021 when I got started while living in San Francisco.
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19 December 2024 | 4 replies
I’ve seen something similar with a friend in San Diego, who bought what he thought was a legal duplex.
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20 December 2024 | 3 replies
Ryan, this kind of deal reminds me of a situation a friend of mine, Carla, encountered a few years back in a suburb near San Diego.
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28 December 2024 | 26 replies
Myles, in San Bernardino, didn't see my actions as "chest pumping", he saw logic and common sense, and he joined.Now, while you are gossiping and spreading negative opinions on a thread that has nothing at all to do with you, as you are not in my program and the OP asked for opinions of said program, of which you have none, as you are not in the program Myles is making big money.Miles is now a millionaire less than 6 months into the program.The product is not for everyone.
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19 December 2024 | 5 replies
It’s worth having a Plan B for unexpected shortfalls if you can, like setting aside reserves.From what I’ve seen, markets like San Diego, Chicago, or Austin also offer creative financing opportunities you can explore further.
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6 January 2025 | 57 replies
So far, I’ve only invested in stocks and the idea of investing in real estate seems somewhat risky to me.Kyle, A couple of years ago, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco released a groundbreaking research paper called "The Rate of Return on Everything, 1870-2015".