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9 July 2024 | 2 replies
Analyze financial statements, market trends, and historical performance data to move beyond surface-level information.
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8 July 2024 | 8 replies
Always important to see what's under the hood, and not act based on what's shown on the surface.
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8 July 2024 | 4 replies
You are going to have a lot of trouble finding financing options with a 2nd lien and to 100% make up a purchase price (i.e. 100% debt financed with no equity or down payment "skin in the game") as part of your payment.I'd recommend looking in the "Creative Financing" subforum if you want to explore potential ways of doing this but frankly it is really difficult to find a genuine "shortcut" that wont end badly for not investing any of your money at all.BRRRR Method remains IMO the best for this but you still have to put some of your own capital to use during the process
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6 July 2024 | 1 reply
Hi everyone, excited to get started! Specifically with BRRRRs and building up a solid portfolio of hidden gems. If anyone has any tips or tricks to a first-timer, feel free to leave a reply (especially curious about s...
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7 July 2024 | 2 replies
They seem, at the surface, to be a logical instrument for long term incentive alignment, especially in today's market.
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9 July 2024 | 21 replies
Maybe because they're handed so many things for free they don't have much skin in the game or something I don't know.
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12 July 2024 | 155 replies
Rental arbitrage has more skin in the game bc you’re actually renting/leading the property & furnishing it, keeping up with maintenance, & at any time the owner could decide not to renew.
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7 July 2024 | 17 replies
Quote from @Rodney Menendez: @Peter Dukaj yes we are still finding lots for around $19k in Lehigh Acres with no issues for construction still a soft market and utilities are going to run way more than public sewer and water taps. it all ends up being the same. 40-50k for a lot no matter how you skin the cat. plus all the site work required for those lots is more than double what a traditional infill lot requires in miami or columbus for example
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6 July 2024 | 3 replies
Any sort of surface damage: holes in drywall, carpet stains, damaged blinds, etc. 10.
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10 July 2024 | 256 replies
(piercing the veil, sole proprietor dba)There were major issues in his JV agreement that my attorney surfaced as well, but he dismissed them saying nobody else had an issue with it.