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4 August 2016 | 13 replies
Hopefully, I will find a niche in real estate in the near future, where I can dedicate myself full-time and create a mini-Trump size empire.
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1 February 2022 | 139 replies
I have since passed it on to my nephew to continue the family empire.
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26 April 2023 | 161 replies
@Lauren Lockett thanks, let's grind this out and build empires!
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24 January 2016 | 7 replies
While we all know that the value is really in land, the improvements are pretty darned important - trailers get old and crappy way faster, and don't generally clean up as well as a stick-built house.b.
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11 June 2017 | 39 replies
The kicker is we only invested $34,000 in a down payment and about 10,000 in fix up and repairs since August of 2011.The key is to do a calculation of your return on equity and get that equity out to earn more cash flow and build your RE empire!!
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30 July 2016 | 2 replies
@Matthew Bailey, I like your approach of determining a long-term plan to understand how much capital you will need to raise in order to build your RE empire.
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5 October 2023 | 44 replies
Hilton Head would also be great.FYI Folly Beach just announced restrictive STR regulations which would make about 50% of the STRs illegal in a year when the new permitting process is fully in play.I saw some in SC but is it best by beaches or a bit in land ok too for str
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1 November 2017 | 91 replies
Keep up the great work and continue to build your empire.
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5 April 2017 | 4 replies
Anyone aware of a similar tool at a similar price (19.95/month) that would provide reports for Inland Empire, CA (Corona, Riverside, etc.)?
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24 January 2019 | 8 replies
The place is right next to between Eastern Parkway and Empire. next to the BK Museum, Botanical Gardens, and Prospect Park.