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22 December 2024 | 21 replies
I will sure check all available tools BP provides to learn and practice analyzing deals.
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19 December 2024 | 9 replies
Quote from @Virginia VanOeveren: To start as a private money lender, educate yourself on real estate investing and lending practices, define clear loan criteria, and conduct thorough due diligence on borrowers and properties.
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7 January 2025 | 20 replies
The number crunching is probably the easiest part, whereas the networking and deal sourcing are all skills I'd need practice with.
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21 December 2024 | 1 reply
I see you invested a serious amount of sweat equity (and real cash) into turning it into something practically new from the inside out, and it looks like it paid off in a big way.
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31 December 2024 | 22 replies
There are a high number of CPA firms that do not want to get involved outside of the FYI to their clients, and some state boards are saying that a CPA advising related to this registration is an "unlicensed practice of law" given it is not under Title 26 - income taxes - the only place where CPAs and EAs are specifically authorized to interpret law.
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5 January 2025 | 39 replies
However, many times its just not practical or cost effective to put the work into it because in many cases its not easy to do.
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24 December 2024 | 9 replies
It's good practice in making the calculations needed to decide whether or not to pull the trigger on a potential deal.You soon learn that starting off as a Doctor is less advantageous than starting off as a Janitor, because the game presets your income and expenses based on the job title.
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26 December 2024 | 11 replies
I have been receiving wrong accommodations and prices because because their personal life background, they were incapable of screening me nonetheless I had good credit and clear profile, they were just discriminating on the basis of their scarce preparation to human situation and so by their presuppositions, that's probably also illegal.You cannot say landlords are to be forgiven because they are doing a needed service, instead it's for that very reason they have to admit their fault and change their way of behave: if a business owner is occupying the market with bad practices and wrong services it's likely they need to leave their place and let others settle in who can operate the business correctly, their even more such of problem if their services is basic, but it's quite absurd it's on me to explain you this.Landlords would have to better understand theirs are affairs on a public market, it's not private or personal matter, and as so they have to behave buy clearly stated rules or face immediate consequences.
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23 December 2024 | 12 replies
I just wanted is sue a warning against one such company - due to the egregious manner in which he exercised his predatory practices - in the guise of a legitimate company!!
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31 December 2024 | 66 replies
While true as a practical matter, it's not because there are no such contractors.