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28 December 2024 | 1 reply
Collections are where the game is won or lost, and without proactive management, even the prettiest property can bleed money.
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24 January 2025 | 36 replies
The rental game is funny in that you want to responsible enough to always make rent, but not successful enough to easily afford buying a house.
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3 January 2025 | 12 replies
This decision often comes down to a simple numbers game.
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1 January 2025 | 4 replies
Focus on what the rents will look like post-renovation with 4 units instead of 2, and have a clear game plan for refinancing to pull your capital back out.
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8 January 2025 | 29 replies
There is really no reason to roll the dice in a craps game.
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31 December 2024 | 0 replies
Negotiating felt like a game of chess—except I was playing against a grandmaster, and my queen was missing.
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3 January 2025 | 45 replies
Spending too much time on analyzing one deal will put you out of the game on too many other ones...
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3 January 2025 | 12 replies
If appreciation is not there, however, it seems like a potentially long waiting game to see if your $60k investment today returns anything meaningful in the long run.
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6 January 2025 | 15 replies
We're probably not going to take the risk if we're busy agents to play that game.
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28 December 2024 | 1 reply
Throw in some washers and dryers in the units—it's a game-changer.