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5 April 2007 | 6 replies
I recently "divorced" the bulk of them especially since a few started bringing clients who wanted angel investors who would provide $10M solely based on how cool their products were.So I invested in a wholesaling course (Steve Cook's) and I had a bit of background in the note business, so I basically joined a popular note network just to have another viable source to work with.
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27 July 2011 | 1 reply
It might even get people who are smokers to move out of the projects and find a private landlord willing to tolerate smoking.
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20 November 2017 | 17 replies
Hi @Josh Cook,None of us know your full scenario, but if this has lender-paid PMI (commonly advertised as "no PMI") or it's a baby loan, those numbers aren't actually crazy at all.
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12 May 2018 | 14 replies
While it may take you months in Illinois, especially cook county, to evict, I can have someone out in the same month they miss rent.
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11 September 2019 | 20 replies
I generally interview a lot of candidates and I verbally decline/weed out those who just on the surface would not qualify (smoker, guy with 15 snakes, person trying to re-negotiate the rent down, someone asking me if an eviction will be a problem or if I plan on calling their last landlord, or asking about a payment grace period).
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18 January 2016 | 1 reply
Please reach out to me, I'd love to connect and help in any way I can.God Bless,Colton Cook
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22 October 2014 | 10 replies
It was in good shape structurally, but very VERY dirty (smoker) and in need of some basic upgrades.
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28 March 2014 | 7 replies
My coaches Steve Cook and Shaun McCloskey are both successful real estate investors.
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14 December 2013 | 15 replies
If you focus in Cook County, EVERYTHING is easily available online.
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27 November 2014 | 15 replies
You've got to get your daily dose of real estate investment in you before you can cook the turkey...