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.: What does the surge in 2024 of newbies (inexperienced & making mistakes) doing creative financing purchases, mean for 2025?

Seems like a big mistake if that were the case.

You can hear real-world examples of how others have built their investment portfolio and (hopefully) learn to avoid their mistakes.4.

In hindsight I wish I could have parked my capital somewhere besides cash in the interim, and I'd like to avoid making the same mistake twice.

Here is what I learned, my mistakes, and what I regret house hacking starting at 22: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/922/topics/1133476-hous...

That can be legally done under the correct situations.You made some serious mistakes in the purchase, that proper training would have prevented.Again, Subto is legal, when done legally and I am not saying you've done anything illegal.The real solution is to sell and pay off the loan.

You can hear real-world examples of how others have built their investment portfolio and (hopefully) learn to avoid their mistakes.4.

I'm not saying you're doing this, but people will often make the mistake of looking into the highest priced rental unit and making that the "market rate" but it's often not a true comparable to the subject.

Start small and Make Your Big Mistakes Early.