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20 December 2024 | 9 replies
Lucky for you, your own backyard is an excellent (and often overlooked) place to begin investing, thanks in part to Tuscaloosa’s proximity to Birmingham, UA’s steady enrollment growth, and the market’s favorable rent-to-price ratio.As for your comment about BRRRR, you’re right that it’s definitely one of the more time- and labor-intensive approaches.
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4 January 2025 | 28 replies
Quote from @Ronald Rohde: nice update, pretty bird It’s hot down here around 90.
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28 December 2024 | 8 replies
Other hot spots I am sure you will hear about are Florida, NC, Texas, Indy to name a few.
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21 December 2024 | 11 replies
It can be more capital intensive up front and take a little more time than a traditional BRRRR but it gets you started.
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6 January 2025 | 57 replies
Don't do any Structural type flips.Reduce the risk and start learning.If the above are to labor intensive, either buy a hill or buy some swamp ground.
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28 December 2024 | 26 replies
A HOT Latina image in the ad. :)
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7 January 2025 | 16 replies
Plus HOT tax.
9 December 2024 | 1 reply
My father in law lives in hot spring and we go visit him once or twice a year.
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9 January 2025 | 107 replies
Also Park City is hot right now, Amazon is building a facility there.
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28 December 2024 | 8 replies
If you're going to work with contractors, collect rent from tenants, or try to bed the hot chick at the bar, you better learn to recognize warning signs and get out early.