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10 February 2025 | 62 replies
Lot's of boomers who are looking to retire.The years of growing a real estate portfolio out of nothing are unfortunately over.
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27 December 2024 | 0 replies
An analysis of the data also shows that the city north of Austin grew 10.6% year-over-year, making it the fastest-growing city of at least 50,000 people.
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17 January 2025 | 9 replies
Natural appreciation usually takes holding the property for at least a few years (just depending on what the RE market does going forward).
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17 January 2025 | 11 replies
It’s growing steadily with strong rental demand, especially for MTRs catering to traveling professionals/relocators.
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30 January 2025 | 62 replies
And they did it for years before my family bought that ranch.Many my age born in the 50s we did work in Ag in the 60s I lived in Cupertino CA and I cut Cotts in the summer.. thats splitting apricots in half and laying them on a big wooden board to then dry naturally in the sun out doors.. hard to find REAL dried apricots these days U can still find them in Trader Joes though..
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13 January 2025 | 31 replies
Work your 9 to 5 for several years and in your free time grow your real estate business on the side.
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23 January 2025 | 10 replies
At the end of the day, experience truly is the best teacher.Looking forward to learning and growing from this journey!
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23 January 2025 | 7 replies
@Emeka Okeke I'm really impressed with your commitment to expanding your knowledge of real estate investing—it's inspiring to see your dedication to learning and growing!
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6 January 2025 | 2 replies
Due to the nature of the shorter lease terms, I am spending an excessive amount of time updating my Excel spreadsheet, MLS, business website, Airbnb, VRBO, and other platforms.
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5 February 2025 | 10 replies
Taking money out of 401k is expensive and you can’t get back the tax benefits of having the money passively grow for decades tax free until distribution.