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6 February 2025 | 10 replies
Now, you need to figure out how to find deals and pay for them.
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10 February 2025 | 20 replies
The Midwest in general is beyond silly in getting good deals.
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12 January 2025 | 23 replies
My involvement would go down drastically to where the only thing I'm doing would be funding the deals.
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4 February 2025 | 7 replies
One of the things I learned early is that the margins on a deal need to be substantial.
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12 February 2025 | 43 replies
They aren't going to communicate better once you've done a deal.
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4 February 2025 | 5 replies
I invest out of state because at the time, I could not find anything that would meaningfully cashflow, plus a $150k deal was a LOT less scary than a $800k deal!
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10 January 2025 | 8 replies
Good luck, and feel free to ask if you need more tips on tenant screening!
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9 February 2025 | 8 replies
cost of doing the deal.
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7 February 2025 | 5 replies
The key for me wasn't to invest in the 'best place' but to know a market so well that a deal jumps off the page when it appears.