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1 January 2025 | 14 replies
Explore my personal favorites, Set For Life by Scott Trench or The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, for invaluable financial insights.3.
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10 January 2025 | 22 replies
According to Tom Cruz hereafter referred to as DB, I wasted 31 years of my life training to become an ortho surgeon but the DB doesn't understand some people enjoy their jobs and are passionate about helping other people.
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22 December 2024 | 0 replies
- At a high level often people set goals that don’t align with their overall life goals.
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17 January 2025 | 37 replies
I'm great at reading people - that comes with playing millions of poker hands in my life - if my gut tells me things do not sound right then I pull away.But a scammer has to expose himself/herself because they don't wanna hang around forever.
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27 December 2024 | 22 replies
I had moved away from flipping for several years, but my life circumstances have changed and, fortunately, real estate provides endless opportunities to pivot when needed.
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2 January 2025 | 13 replies
Here is another post on this subject from BP:Learn to Live Life on Your Terms through Real Estate Investing on BiggerPocketsPlease note I have not taken this course or have info on it, just posting what I found on a quick search of this site.
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6 January 2025 | 57 replies
Ok, now, conversely with real estate, that is simply not possible. '08' was the biggest hit to real estate in our life times, of EVERYONE alive at the time of it, right.
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25 December 2024 | 2 replies
Explore my personal favorites, Set For Life by Scott Trench or The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, for invaluable financial insights.3.
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21 December 2024 | 10 replies
Your LTC leverage is also very similar to a bank construction loan but between origination fees and interest charges you will incur ~$20,000 more in finance charges during the life of this renovation project.
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25 December 2024 | 12 replies
Affordable relative to the rest of the US so great place to work remote or just enjoy a reasonable life without being hugely cost burdened Cons: A lot of older than 1980s construction (you 100% can be successful with these properties just have more to check during due diligence) Need to be mindful of market rents in the area and not overspend on renovations where there is not ROI to do so, you can’t usually exceed $2 sf on rental rates and average price per sf is 1.25-1.5 sf (neighborhood, unit type, and finish level specific).KC is not a boom and bust market, you don’t get the high highs or the low lows.