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11 December 2024 | 29 replies
Highly depends on the particular community.
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8 December 2024 | 21 replies
Some approaches felt legally and ethically questionable, particularly for someone trying to transition quickly out of a 9-to-5 role.
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4 December 2024 | 2 replies
Unfortunately many of the improvement costs do not deviate greatly when you’re renovating a lower cost property in a particular market compared to a more expensive property in the very same market which makes it difficult to absorb the improvement costs in some areas.
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7 December 2024 | 2 replies
I have a background working with banks, hedge funds and large infrastructure developers, and have been told my sales and negotiation skills could be leveraged in real estate, particularly in wholesaling.
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4 December 2024 | 6 replies
I finished that a couple of weeks ago and then found the BP podcast and listened to the first couple of episodes and I particularly enjoyed the personal stories of how people started out.
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8 December 2024 | 10 replies
They have simply labeled a particular mortgage loan as a "doctor loan."
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4 December 2024 | 3 replies
I was recently listening to a podcast and in this particular episode, the investor targeted CoC of >5%.
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12 December 2024 | 37 replies
After 3 loans my principal was the same after 10 years as it was when I purchased the properties.We have different definitions of rich, particularly over such a long period of time.
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15 January 2025 | 144 replies
Some people might need that particular program so to each his own.
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5 December 2024 | 9 replies
Real estate is not particularly good at cash flow (that's what a business is for).