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25 January 2025 | 155 replies
This my friends on BP is just the reality of Real Estate you have two basic methods One mom and pop keep their day jobs and start buying long term hold rentals as they can afford them and if they like it they keep at it..Two you jump in the game and try to make money transactionally IE RE Broker Flipper Wholesaler MLO leasing agent etc etc.. this also is a long term ramp.. what the Guru programs attract generally speaking is those that get excited think they can somehow buy a program ( any program pick one) and its going to jump start them to this mythical financial freedom everyone talks about..
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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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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 February 2025 | 47 replies
I’ve been focusing on building triplexes in Columbus, Ohio, and it’s been a game-changer.
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3 January 2025 | 12 replies
This decision often comes down to a simple numbers game.
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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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31 December 2024 | 2 replies
Try again in 2026.It's a long game.
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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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9 January 2025 | 9 replies
I don’t mind having skin in the game either, but I know using private money is key to scaling one day and would like to get some experience with it now, even if it doesn’t fund a majority of the deal.
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30 December 2024 | 4 replies
But that’s the game we play.