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4 January 2025 | 9 replies
Does anyone have any advice for people starting out in this competitive field?
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5 January 2025 | 4 replies
Happy to chat if you're interested.
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31 December 2024 | 15 replies
Starting with a mentor is very smart – it really cuts down on the learning curve, especially with something like a fix & flip.
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8 January 2025 | 5 replies
Happy to chat, feel free to reach out!
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9 January 2025 | 9 replies
70K and 50K is not a ton of equity to start solely on.
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7 January 2025 | 8 replies
Happy to chat further if you want to reach out to me with a DM.The last thing I would tell you is that, I started my real estate journey with a house hack of a 2-family property in 2011 using bank financing.
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19 January 2025 | 56 replies
I formed Park Place Communities in 2014, and we started purchasing communities in early 2015.
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3 January 2025 | 45 replies
I originally started as 80% LTV and 12% + 1 point with 3 month prepay penalty
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30 December 2024 | 6 replies
Quote from @John Clevenger: Hey all, as more of the world is taking on AI especially in the wake of chat GPT, I'm curious what other are doing, or thinking would be cool to do in the real estate field with the integration of AI.
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6 January 2025 | 9 replies
So, I'd like to get ahead of the game and start working up a plan and a strong argument for it which I can use when the time comes.