I've also been reading a lot of books and listening to podcasts as well.

It’s right out of the crazy scammer text book, and what’s so scary about it is that each step makes sense at the time.

Ive been learning from BP books & podcasts since 2018 before finally jumping into the game in 2020.

Yes, the entire greater economy as a whole affected by this, with this housing just one sub-part of it, would be another large contentious topic taking entire books... 

You will also learn more by picking up a few books under $150. 

He also has a book coming out in a month or so focused on passive investors like me.

Hundreds of hours spent listening to podcasts and reading books on and off during that time kept the dream alive and prepared me to take the leap when an opportunity came up.I had received my real estate license about a year earlier to make some extra money but we were hitting a point in our debt and near future expenses that I knew I had to step out and make something happen.

During the summer months there are a few events, functions and festival type activities going on so you get a few bookings around that.

This appears to be a text book case of this.

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