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16 January 2025 | 3 replies
.## Financing OptionsFor Hard Money and Private Lender financing, it's crucial to build relationships with local lenders.
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5 February 2025 | 9 replies
I also don't like the sardine effect where your just packed in a building, ocean lakes is tight with homes but still feels private at the house(s), golf cart community and 2 min from the ocean on a golf cart where ours are.
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28 January 2025 | 42 replies
My biggest desire is to have RALs.
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13 January 2025 | 13 replies
Private Lender Partnership: Partner with a private lender or investor willing to take a second lien position to get you to 85-90% cash out.
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13 January 2025 | 4 replies
Quote from @Burke Atkerson: With over a decade of real estate investing experience and over 100 flips, I now provide private money & hard money loans.
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10 February 2025 | 29 replies
I emailed him once more demanding an update and received no response.On 6/4 Jeff Swiecicki sent out an email to all of his clients stating he was shutting down PM services effective immediately and to give him 90 days for final accounting.On 6/7 a private discord group called “JBS-BS” was opened for anyone who was affected and owed money from Jeff Swiecicki.
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27 January 2025 | 7 replies
When someone wants to send you a referral privately, they are probably sending you a friend that pays them a referral fee.
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4 February 2025 | 17 replies
I work with investor who find deals to cashflow day one, in markets that are growing both in population and jobs where the appreciation is obvious.By far the biggest step in REI is taking the first step and getting a REI.
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29 January 2025 | 32 replies
I think you see on BP the biggest heartache investors have with their GP is lack of communications.
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1 February 2025 | 13 replies
Quote from @Brandon Blackmon: @Bruce Woodruff 100% the answer I'm looking.... a solid GC, has a 20-25% markup to I would for sure know going into this that these are private companies and they can set their own fees.