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2 January 2025 | 13 replies
@Patricia Smith Even if someone give you a referral, what meets their expectations, may not meet yours.In our experience, the #1 mistake owners make when selecting a Property Management Company (PMC) is ASSUMING instead of CONFIRMING.It's often a case of not doing enough research, as they don't know what they don't know!
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13 January 2025 | 15 replies
Second biggest mistake is failing to realize these construction loans allow draws on improvements meaning cash expenditures are required before the first draw can be issued.
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5 January 2025 | 4 replies
What’s a key mistake you’ve learned from that could help others?
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18 January 2025 | 19 replies
I think you are making a mistake in switching over to Section 8 if you are successful with what you have/had now.
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15 January 2025 | 11 replies
It has yet to happen for an RE related event but my last threat of being sued was last month (and unlike most suing threats, we had made some minor mistakes on this one).
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2 January 2025 | 1 reply
Can it be done wrongly, illegally and be a big mistake?
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25 January 2025 | 155 replies
I've been trying not to reply to so many posts about this, but also need to watch out for rookies to save them from losses.The other thing I don't like is that so many folks interested in this usually have very little extra capital and could lose some or all of their "extra" capital on a bad wholesale deal if they made one mistake.
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2 January 2025 | 8 replies
You can hear real-world examples of how others have built their investment portfolio and (hopefully) learn to avoid their mistakes.4.
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2 January 2025 | 10 replies
.: What does the surge in 2024 of newbies (inexperienced & making mistakes) doing creative financing purchases, mean for 2025?