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16 January 2025 | 3 replies
Once you find someone willing to let you shadow them, approach it with professionalism and a willingness to learn.
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9 January 2025 | 2 replies
This is when you hire a staging professional or staging company to come in, make recommendations, and do the work for you.
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9 January 2025 | 20 replies
These tax professionals opted to pay to be included in this directory.
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12 January 2025 | 0 replies
Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?
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30 December 2024 | 4 replies
The market I’m interested in are residential rental and leasing, senior housing, and distressed properties/owners.
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14 January 2025 | 7 replies
If i was renting out my house with a pool i would:-Have it professionally looked after.
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24 January 2025 | 21 replies
This strategy aligns well with the buy-and-hold model.Leverage Local Expertise: Partner with professionals like real estate agents familiar with rental markets and property managers who understand tenant needs.
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14 January 2025 | 4 replies
As a VA, you’d want to build on that by getting familiar with tools that real estate professionals use.
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10 January 2025 | 9 replies
I do a meetup in Mesa on Saturday morning's which is a good place to come meet even more RE professionals and investors.You have the experience so now you just need the right strategy to grow the portfolio.
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30 January 2025 | 19 replies
You lose all of the control and these are long term investments - but in my experience the returns match what I had on the active real estate and I am hiring professionals to manage the assets.