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22 December 2024 | 2 replies
If you’re looking to invest in your backyard, it helps to network with as many locals in the industry as you can.
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22 December 2024 | 1 reply
A different industry thought leader will present and allow a time for Q&A.The goal is to raise awareness of and encourage this strategy as well as network with likeminded investors and entrepreneurs.
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24 December 2024 | 1 reply
That two-day delay cost him a $40,000 payday.The Lesson: Don’t Let Time Kill Your DealsReal estate is a fast-paced industry, and time is the one resource you can’t afford to waste.
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22 December 2024 | 1 reply
I knew I needed a path to financial freedom, but I didn’t have any connections in the industry.
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23 December 2024 | 4 replies
I think talking with a Broker in the Industry would be helpful too
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24 December 2024 | 3 replies
I also have this same question about a Multifamily deal we have where we will need to purchase land before approvals.. you’d think being in this as deep as we are we’d know this answer but, it’s actually proven to be a pretty difficult thing for me to come across even with speaking to several people in the industry.. my own mother is 32 year lender.
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9 January 2025 | 116 replies
You can even work out a base 5% and they get additional bonuses for beating the planned vacancy rates to allow them to achieve 8% or 10% of gross rents which is industry standard.
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23 January 2025 | 30 replies
If what you're doing is so wonderfully pure and I'm just too stupid to understand your mastery of the industry why do you have to constantly lie, mischaracterize and misrepresent to raise money?
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3 January 2025 | 8 replies
Existing deals will instead be saved by NOI growth driven by rent growth--if you have the staying power to hold on long enough.Supply: High deliveries remain today mostly because of "hang over" from projects that are taking longer to complete than developers (and industry analysts) expected.
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19 December 2024 | 3 replies
Agents and anyone in this industry got lucky and used to the COVID times when things were insane.