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12 December 2024 | 10 replies
These investors were looking for Passive income, but they didn’t realize they had to fill the role as an Investment banker and they didn’t have the skill set or systems to do that.
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12 December 2024 | 6 replies
House hacking can also be a solid way to offset expenses early on.It sounds like you're diving in with a great mindset and skill set—being handy and managing yourself puts you ahead of the game.
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19 January 2025 | 269 replies
But i want to make myself available for anyone that needs help on the purchase of properties within Lisbon area.My skills are investment, property management and luxury market.
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17 December 2024 | 86 replies
If you bot H1 22, it's more luck than skill.
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10 December 2024 | 5 replies
I recommend working for someone while you sharpen your skills.
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8 December 2024 | 7 replies
Since there are often different entities, there are different skills and systems needed.With that said, I can tell you are definitely better at building systems that I am (I have built up some best practices, but they mostly reside in my head).
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11 December 2024 | 34 replies
I've done some expensive real estate investment training programs in the 1990's and early 2000's that a lot of people complained about, (or even asked for refunds on) yet each time I did these trainings, I learned new skills and strategies that helped me grow my real estate investment business.
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10 December 2024 | 100 replies
Steve in my mind maybe this works for non owner occ investment props only and houses are vacant.. kind of like an OREO Broker works.For owner occ and mom and pop buyers to move in and live.. this simply is a non starter in my mind.. .To be successful at Real estate sales to mom and pops you MUST have some sales skills and closing skills.
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19 December 2024 | 82 replies
One other thing you could consider, if you have great sales skills and decent knowledge of your RE market, would be investing in some off market leads to try to wholesale - I personally don’t love that option, but there are some people out there that have the right skill set for this.
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23 December 2024 | 34 replies
It requires skills to maximize returns.