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12 December 2024 | 49 replies
But that's me.To answer your question, I'm not in the business of recycling dirty money but I think it's pretty well known and established the the proceeds for criminality and the drug trade is invested in all sort of business, especially real estate.
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5 December 2024 | 13 replies
This can be used to eliminate most gains of a long hold highly appreciated rental asset through 1031 + primary resident conversion to establish a more favorable ratio.
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6 December 2024 | 25 replies
I often do this when I'm trying to connect with someone on LinkedIn: I try to find out if we have any mutual connections and lead with that in my message to establish some rapport.
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14 December 2024 | 101 replies
I "signed up" for the class just to see the entire process, but I delayed my deposit and any other funds for a few days to figure out all of their angles.I picked up on a few things myself:1) The Fortune 500 cover and article that our mentor "Jason" mentioned on Day 1 was to establish his credibility.
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10 December 2024 | 100 replies
Established, mostly-German automotive technology coincided with the development of large-scale mass production techniques and a manure-pollution crisis in burgeoning U.S. cities to create massive demand for his product.
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2 December 2024 | 1 reply
The risk in lifting these houses is there's not a clearly established market for flood damaged homes that have been elevated.
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14 December 2024 | 42 replies
I understand fast solutions have slow problems.If I'm myself, I continue to lean into REI via BRRRs in growing areas of buying established but undervalue in very good areas to keep it a growing % of my portfolio.
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30 November 2024 | 3 replies
We need to establish a contract (or shop around for reputable companies that are willing to do this).
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11 December 2024 | 101 replies
Just watch out for HOA fees because they can be higher in boutique projects if they have a lot of amenities, not having an elevator will help here, and if one owner stops paying it can mean a lot to the other owners.
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10 December 2024 | 104 replies
Sometimes these types of deals require that you purchase a software to help search for lots,so we'll see.Most of the time,established people in industry are not going to come online and scam people,why would they ruin their own business in the offline arena?