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22 July 2024 | 4 replies
Peeling paint was always difficult. I
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24 July 2024 | 7 replies
Inventory is low and activity is high, so 3.5 percent down isn't going to entice a lot of people to jump (low skin in the game) unless you are paying substantially more than someone with 20 percent down.Also, FHA and off-market almost never go together.
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22 July 2024 | 28 replies
I can not believe that I actually have to explain this: He continued to publicize, search out and NOT disclose any of the difficulties his business was in.
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23 July 2024 | 10 replies
It's great to get someone's perspective, but what I've learned, even after someone gets free advice, they don't take it because they have no skin in the game.They haven't either worked or paid for that advice, and they don't value it.
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22 July 2024 | 1 reply
No one has more "skin in the game" than a PMC as they have to deal with the property every day until an owner sells or fires them.Also recommend finding your own Inspector and not one referred by an agent.
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21 July 2024 | 3 replies
This would be 2 days before he announced in his June 20th email (which I believe you have) that he was suspending payments to hundreds of investors because of financial problems.He did not disclose anywhere in the webinar (48 hours before the email) the difficulties that his business was experiencing which was laid out in the email 2 days later.
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23 July 2024 | 28 replies
In my experience success in real estate, whether as an investor or provider, requires a “thick skin”.
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21 July 2024 | 15 replies
I kept trying to response but my phone was giving me difficulties but anyways I was going to say that when you buy a turnkey property you were buying at market value somebody else has already done the flip.
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22 July 2024 | 24 replies
Being 2000 miles away is difficult. I
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22 July 2024 | 19 replies
I'm working on a 53 unit deal now without banks.There are so many different ways to skin a cat in this game.