The seller went down there himself and muscled them into a different position and did a shotty job fixing the gaps with a universal repair adhesive - duct tape.

New to the investing community and on a very small scale.  We have built three homes acting as sub-contractor, total remodel, and one lock-and-key.Currently, we have a million dollar home that we would love to lease i...

Originally posted by Mr_Investor:I'd get California under contract and flip it to Mexico for an assignment fee :mrgreen: Nope Mexico has no money either...Now those drug lords in Mexico those guys have serious $ $ $ and muscle to go along withe the $ $ $ :wowo: :wowo: :wowo:

I had a guy offer to give me a couple of muscle cars for the down payment on a house.

Real estate investing is a new muscle you simply have to grow!

It's hard to unlearn muscle memory built up over many years of use, and I can see you've been here some years.

You are right that some investors would rather use the muscle of money rather than more resourceful strategies.

And don't be afraid to exercise that "no" muscle. 

Muscle car or Harleys to Japan or Korea, Hawaii.  

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