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24 January 2025 | 5 replies
I spend roughly $120k on my renovations, but this is for the entire property and developing the secondary suite which certainly costs more (2 new furnaces, all new plumbing, new kitchens and bathrooms with tiled floors and showers).All said and done, I personally love it.
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3 February 2025 | 11 replies
I spend less than an hour a month dealing with them.
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28 January 2025 | 14 replies
The reason I asked about the amount is I see people always searching for the "perfect note" when they had 100 opportunities pass right by and spend thousands to buy 5 loans a year which they could have done little work and still found similar loansWe buy non performing to get them reperforming and we also have some shorter term RTL's (performing) for cash flow purposes.
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6 February 2025 | 10 replies
The HELOC would act as en emergency way to tap into their equity if needed - as long as they don't spend it unwisely!
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25 January 2025 | 8 replies
Spend a year learning and going to meetups before you fork over a $50-$100k franchise fee and half of your profits and don't even know what you are doing.
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5 February 2025 | 9 replies
You don't have to spend a fortune and buy a house directly on the beach to do well, but your starting price point for a viable option in this market is around $350-$450k for a solid 2-3 bedroom oceanfront condo or around $500k for a 3-4 bedroom house within walking distance of the beach.
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23 January 2025 | 23 replies
Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.
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16 January 2025 | 11 replies
You definitely wont get an app like that for free, so how much would you be willing to pay to a company to submit it for you, vs spending 10 minutes once a month to submit taxes?
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29 January 2025 | 12 replies
My regret is not buying one in Hawaii or somewhere else where my family could spend some vacation time.
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21 January 2025 | 2 replies
Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.