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19 December 2024 | 5 replies
The mistake you are making is it looks like you think you can use the number on the HUD website as your rent amount.
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22 January 2025 | 203 replies
It slingshoted from arguably one of the safest, to arguably the worst.
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19 December 2024 | 8 replies
There is a price for everything, but flippers make the mistake of thinking they can still get market value on a locational error.
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16 December 2024 | 2 replies
Tons of seasoned members here to also help offer good advice as well as keep new investors from making mistakes.
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20 December 2024 | 6 replies
This was my first property, and while it's been a great learning experience, I made several mistakes along the way—ranging from choosing a realtor who was more focused on closing the deal than finding the right house, to having a poor inspection and overlooking issues hidden beneath the surface (literally).
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6 January 2025 | 77 replies
The overwhelming answer is that the reverse trolling is, at worst, annoying and a suck on the forums, and at best, tedious and ignorable.I also think most people here said what I think, we all should know how obvious it is, but the truth is, from being in the forums for more than ten years, new people are susceptible to anything.
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16 December 2024 | 7 replies
Plus, as mentioned your risk exposure would be huge if you didn't have a contract in hand to lease, plus they won't want to lease from you, because they are a Sticky or capture tenant.Start small and Make Your Big Mistakes Early.
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18 December 2024 | 8 replies
Education via trail & error is easily the #1 worst way to go about anything today UNLESS your an explorer, inventor, revolutionizing and still all of those have a whole lot of training and education backing them.
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19 December 2024 | 5 replies
His mistake was underestimating how much the loan repayment would eat into his cash flow.
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16 December 2024 | 3 replies
I am just worried this might be a mistake as it as a high cash flowing property and my mortgage rate is a low 3.125%.