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6 February 2025 | 5 replies
Quote from @Timothy Villa: Hey Everyone, I am very to to real estate investing and trying to learn about many of the different strategies.
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25 January 2025 | 8 replies
The costs are not trivial, but they are less than you would pay for a nice used truck.One of the main reasons I am considering this route is the leads that are provided.
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5 February 2025 | 16 replies
Residential is wayyyy different.
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6 February 2025 | 3 replies
Quote from @Nicole Laba: I work with investors in Chicago who are actively buying off-market properties, and Ive noticed that everyone has a different approach when it comes to sourcing deals.
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2 February 2025 | 9 replies
While the image of yours I found seem to show the main entry to the 2nd floor at ground level, the older the prospective tenant, the less interested they are in a non-ground floor unit. 2) Using another part of the property as storage could limit interest and I could see that as a turn off with folks once they find this out.FYI, the listing I found on realtor.com makes no mention of the tenant not having access the entire property or the basement being used as storage.
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3 February 2025 | 2 replies
It was all really quick, and the time to complete everything happened a lot faster than I expected (which was a good thing).I was worried at first that I had to use all the partners that Rent to Retirement had, but it was really easy for me to shop around for different lenders with different terms and rates, insurance providers, and property management company.
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4 February 2025 | 5 replies
It's tough to make YOUR condo different from everyone else's condo.
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2 February 2025 | 2 replies
We haven’t really felt the effects of it yet but I think that is mainly due to the timeframe it takes for them to process claims and emotions from the devastation.
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1 February 2025 | 10 replies
Here is what i see as the difference.