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6 February 2025 | 3 replies
The business venture that went sideways?
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25 January 2025 | 26 replies
Everyone is trying to maximize earnings in this business.
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6 February 2025 | 3 replies
Whoever gives me the most business and has an excellent close record will first be presented with off-market opportunities.
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25 January 2025 | 5 replies
We both run our own businesses but we feel that real estate will help make sure we both maintain our life plans of not needed to work as much any more.
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7 February 2025 | 9 replies
A good real estate accountant can save them thousands of dollars by leveraging entity selection and formation, tax deductions, cost segregations, bonus depreciation and tax planning.I recommend that they find a tax accountant who specializes in real estate taxation, business taxation, financial planning and tax planning.I would also recommend that they look for a accountant willing to work with them throughout the year, who can help them strategize and who is responsive when they want to know the consequences of the financial decisions they are making throughout the year.Good luck.
8 February 2025 | 2 replies
Lenders or investors who have short lock up periods but have years of experience feeding their business with new capital would give me more comfort but anyone who is just starting and is promising a rate of return or return of capital in a set period of time would be alarming because they very well could be reliant on fresh capital to make good on that promise and that usually ends poorly.
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26 January 2025 | 17 replies
But 2025 offers other opportunities that did not exist 10 or even 5 years ago - think AI and online businesses.
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7 February 2025 | 12 replies
The pitch is always the same: "You need our system or you’ll never make it in this business."
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6 February 2025 | 0 replies
This will help attract more business to the state, keep it coming!
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7 February 2025 | 2 replies
My business partner and I purchased a commercial office building a few years ago with creative financing.