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4 January 2019 | 24 replies
Contractors took one of the biggest hits of any profession during the last crash and the ones that survived have barely made it so.
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16 October 2018 | 15 replies
I bought my first property in 2014 in the peak of our local market where everything was going extremely fast and I ended up paying 16k over asking. 2 months later the oil and gas market, which drives the growth locally, completely crashed.
5 October 2018 | 20 replies
I don't mind using leverage to get there but whatever you do don't be over leveraged before a crash in the economy.
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2 October 2018 | 5 replies
You can grow faster using leverage, but having free and clear properties means a lot less stress if anything were to happen..vacany, market crash, etc.
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3 October 2018 | 3 replies
Well there is a lot of talk about a crash coming in real estate.
1 October 2018 | 0 replies
I'm glad our markets are a bit more civilized. Lol**************************************************************************************Fresh Reports Of Real Estate Rage Signal Turn In Chinese Housing Market ...
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8 November 2018 | 100 replies
Do you really advise a newbie investor like myself to wait till the market crashes again?
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17 October 2018 | 8 replies
I have about 4 years experience as a new residential home building partner pre-2008 before the crash.
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10 October 2018 | 2 replies
I have about 4 years experience as a new residential home building partner pre-2008 before the crash.
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20 October 2018 | 14 replies
I'm not a lawyer, nor CPA, and you need specialized advice.But here are some suggestions:- since you are dealing with partners, you need to have things very clear (what do you think it happens with the multifamily and the joint account if one of the partners hits someone's Lamborghini and crashes into a mansion and/or putting a person into hospital?)