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29 February 2024 | 14 replies
Don’t let any mentor or coach tell you that you can do these for zero down.Usually you can find these for $15,000 or so in “up front” money.Here are the differences and why it can be done.By buying “off market”, the selling price can be reduced by the amount of the fees the seller would have to pay if they used a real estate agent.
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27 February 2024 | 4 replies
Regardless, there are 2 main criteria I use when seeking out coaching: 1).
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28 February 2024 | 5 replies
but be very careful if you're ever coached by someone to have an intent that is not demonstrable.
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28 February 2024 | 13 replies
So I decided to go in a different direction and I hired a company called Wealth Factory, which sells a coaching program with an initial membership fee of $7500 and openly states that they are going to pair you with providers and that they do not do the tax preparation, investment, real estate, or other work they just coach you and help you see which professionals you need and then pair you up with them.
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27 February 2024 | 4 replies
I go pretty much by the bigger pockets formula, some of my main instant declines are:Gross less than 3x monthly rentevictions, feloniespoor rental historyDogs that my insurance does not coverOk, beyond that, things get gray for me…and I had a coach tell me this… “If you ever make an exception on one criterion, you must continue to make that exception from now on.
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27 February 2024 | 1 reply
It offers practical advice, diverse market insights, and inspiring stories through interviews with successful investors, in-depth discussions on various investment strategies, and listener coaching calls.
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27 February 2024 | 5 replies
As an escrow officer, a bad contract or a bad deal puts them in the seat of the agent, attorney, therepist, life coach and financial advisor for all parties.
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26 February 2024 | 29 replies
Add $800 for paint, floor covering and essentials plus my laborer for 2 days and my total cost was about $1400.I painted the 30 1200 to 2700 sq ft homes in Las Vegas with two helpers including ceilings and it never took more than two days to paint a house and that included removing all the electric wall plates, dropping ceiling light fixtures, removing smoke detectors, cleaning windows, installing new blinds, cleaning bathroom fixtures and it never took the 3 of us more than 2 days because I am good at knowing how to get the most from my workers like a Lakers coach knows which players to put on the court because the cost to do a paint job is not as critical as the time it takes because when I go to Las Vegas to manage a job I have to leave Los Angeles and my 20+ employees without my micro-management and "When The Cat Is Away The Mouse Will Play" if you know what I mean.I am a very difficult person to work for because I am 71-years old, a workaholic, a fast worker and when young workers are slow I fire them within minutes when they are working because I don't like to have to waste my time and stop the work I am doing to constantly check on my workers and I don't like to get emotional and have to keep correcting workers when they work sloppy and slow.
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25 February 2024 | 2 replies
Hey Bill - I do marketing coaching for REI and sold enterprise technology for 15+ years.