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22 January 2025 | 25 replies
That said, there are alternative ways to meet the requirements, and with proper planning, you might not need to rely on these specific tests if most or all of the participation comes from you during the first year.
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9 February 2025 | 3 replies
You could give them a thousand bad reviews, if they are the only person in town offering a specific type of product, people will still do business with them.
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5 February 2025 | 38 replies
A post on the official Norada Capital Management website from 2022 (attached screenshots in addendum), boldly states the following:“Norada Capital Management offers investors opportunities to invest in Promissory Notes with fixed rates of return ranging from 12% up to 17.5% per year,” ( Link ).In explaining the use of proceeds from the promissory notes—specifically the entities Norada Capital Management, a private equity firm, supposedly lends to in order to generate these high annual rates, the company states that:“Three of those five categories that our company invests in as a private equity firm include e-commerce-based businesses very lucrative area, especially if you’re in the right area of e-commerce.
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4 February 2025 | 87 replies
I work with our project manager to get the property fixed up according to the specific property which may be fixing it a lot or a little.
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16 January 2025 | 2 replies
Asking about the SW suburbs specifically, in the land of long sidewalks and big actual parking lots.
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15 January 2025 | 9 replies
Have you explored specific neighborhoods yet?
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27 January 2025 | 11 replies
What specifically are you looking for?
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29 January 2025 | 25 replies
When I call the most seasoned person Allan Howell he gives me great info but doesnt know the specifics. yet you call others and they know it like the back of their hand.I have learned a lot from this process and am grateful for so many members commenting on my posts and helping me learn more about being an investor.
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29 January 2025 | 12 replies
With the massive increase in STR properties in the US, I am hopeful that lenders and appraisers will evolve to apply income/exp metrics to STR deals specifically, on top of generic property comps.
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20 January 2025 | 2 replies
So, the first question they usually ask a PMC is about fees - instead of asking about services and HOW those services are executed.EXAMPLE: PMC states they will handle tenant screening – what does that specifically mean?