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3 February 2025 | 11 replies
I spend less than an hour a month dealing with them.
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9 January 2025 | 7 replies
I'm going off the understanding that you still need to spend 500+ hours in the business to achieve material participation (please correct me if I'm wrong).
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18 January 2025 | 5 replies
Could be the best money you spend on the deal!
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23 January 2025 | 20 replies
@JD Gunter I agree and should add that I spend 2-10 hours on the phone/zoom with each applicant before I let them into the program.
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9 January 2025 | 14 replies
Learn to control your spending and pay off debt.
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13 January 2025 | 3 replies
I am wanting to be able to stop working full time sooner than later as I would like to be able to spend more time with my family and enjoy life.
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27 January 2025 | 12 replies
Thank you all who responded, I plan on spending some time driving the neighborhood and talking to anyone at the local coffee shop who will talk to me.
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16 January 2025 | 5 replies
Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.
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23 January 2025 | 5 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 | 4 replies
But in my experience, you would be better off spending that same amount of time/hustle working a second part-time job with guaranteed income, then investing in buy-and-hold properties.