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16 January 2025 | 9 replies
Focus on education, networking, and analyzing deals carefully to ensure your first investment sets a strong foundation for future growth.Good luck!
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18 January 2025 | 10 replies
A great way to start is by learning how to analyze deals and exploring strategies like buy-and-hold or house hacking.
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6 January 2025 | 57 replies
@Kyle Fitch ok, I will touch on (IMO) the top 4. 1st: When we talk about "investing" the vast majority of time were looking at a total time-line of decades, several or many decades, right, before were mulch.
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13 January 2025 | 5 replies
I've never really done a deep dive in analyzing the area because it is a retirement community, median income is very low, and there arent a lot of jobs in the area.
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24 January 2025 | 18 replies
Set clear goals, save for a down payment, and practice analyzing deals to build your confidence.
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19 January 2025 | 13 replies
And, analyzing ROI, CoC, and rent vacancy rates, etc are all manual.
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9 January 2025 | 8 replies
@Mitchell RosenbergYou can analyze median income of an area.
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15 January 2025 | 9 replies
Be sure to check out the free tools BP provides to help analyze deals you may have and also market insights.
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10 February 2025 | 31 replies
@Bob Stevens I meant, you're pulling comps as part of your process to analyze a deal, right?