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7 February 2025 | 0 replies
The Investor Who Wouldn’t Let GoOnce upon a time, in the bustling city of Crestwood, there was a real estate investor named Michael Carter.
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5 February 2025 | 9 replies
@Chris Seveney - I asked Chat GPT about the correlation between Real Estate Syndicator time spent on social media, and the likely correlation to investment returns :).
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5 February 2025 | 9 replies
General phone numbers are rarely answered and we are forced to communicate most times via email.The word of the day is patience.
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7 February 2025 | 2 replies
Refinancing isn’t an option yet because of the way we purchased it (unless someone has a bank that will look at the deal differently) our original plan was to pay off our balloon in early 2027 when it is due which the bank will treat as a purchase and then we would wait until we are able to refinance so probably 2028 and then we could pull out a good chunk of equity at that time.
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5 February 2025 | 6 replies
Realtors typically pre-screen rental clients to make sure their time is not going to be wasted.
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29 January 2025 | 1 reply
Build a team with all that time in the morning and and the time you have by walking up early etc.
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7 February 2025 | 16 replies
Time will tell.
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3 February 2025 | 7 replies
I believe it is always a good time to invest (sooner the better) and then, there's a better time to invest when all the conditions align, which I missed in 2019.
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7 February 2025 | 8 replies
You'll have a small empire by the time you are 30.However, being a landlord involves a lot more than just collecting checks.
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31 January 2025 | 19 replies
The truth is, a good host will spend time managing each rental.