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11 January 2025 | 31 replies
there was a group of 8 of us that pooled money in a Cabal myself and one other were the main money guys the others put in smaller amounts and when we won one.. we would divy up interest prorata to the amount contributed.. this kept those guys from competing against us and for sure we bid up newbies .. really the only ones that would beat us were those that wanted to live in the house and would just go almost all the way to retail or above .. or someone bidding on a second thinking it was a first and no one is going to help you if you dont know what your doing.. this is a very caveat emptar bizz.
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3 January 2025 | 7 replies
But your main killers; road access, water access, fire hydrants, flood plain, storm sewers, Storm ponds, road surface requirements, etc.
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29 December 2024 | 5 replies
That said, my main question is, can you recommend a good mortgage brokerage company that offers all the training points you outlined in your post?
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7 January 2025 | 19 replies
There are two main factors that you can use to track gentrification, so why can't they be used to track the reverse?
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25 December 2024 | 10 replies
That's the only solution and it doesn't require fifteen paragraphs to explain or justify.
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12 January 2025 | 185 replies
Myself on my own and working with my dad we flipped everything we only bought props with substantial equity that we could resell As fast as possible with my dads company doing mainly wraps as dispo on short term notes .. so the sellers were out of the deals with in 24 to 36 months..
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8 January 2025 | 33 replies
I could easily train virtual assistants to handle these payments and have an app created for encrypting sensitive data for facilitating the transactions through financial service partners from my main line of business.
29 December 2024 | 9 replies
The property has 7 acres with a 3/2 main house and a second separate 2/1 house (which also needs renovation) with its own drive.
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30 December 2024 | 103 replies
We’re moving into the ADU ourselves starting in January so we can remodel our main home.
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27 January 2025 | 48 replies
On the other hand, I feel one of the main advantages of passive investments (via syndication/crowdfunding) is that I can hire a manager who has years more experience than I can ever hope to obtain myself.