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24 December 2024 | 9 replies
Areas like Aurora, Arvada, and parts of Lakewood or Westminster can be good places to look, depending on your budget and target tenant.If you’re looking for a base hit rather than a home run, focus on finding a property where the numbers work reasonably well as-is—cash flow might not be huge initially, but if you’ve got room to add value and refinance, you’ll build equity to reinvest.
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28 December 2024 | 8 replies
Here’s our OPINION for the Metro Detroit market (use as a template for your target area!)
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6 January 2025 | 15 replies
That said, targeting homes needing work or properties sitting unsold due to poor pricing can still yield opportunities—that's what I do successfully.
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12 January 2025 | 25 replies
Here’s our OPINION for the Metro Detroit market (use as a template for your target area!)
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23 December 2024 | 7 replies
Usually, they take care of exterior maintenance and upkeep plus you have amenities that you can advertise to your tenants.
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29 January 2025 | 107 replies
Thanks Luka,I'm sure you can find a banger deal in Tampa or almost anywhere for that fact.Just work the market.Nothing works unless you do lolFor example, we buy a $#%@ load of motivated seller lists and my remote team cold calls all day.They are polite, professional and persistent on the phone.Keeping good record and track everything.I'm confident that if we re-target any other market in the US, we could find deals at 30-50% of market value.Just gotta smile and dial lolAll the best mate
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29 December 2024 | 16 replies
If dropping your rate $100 below others at comparable offerings in your target market kills your cashflow, you may be in too tight of a deal anyhow.
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30 December 2024 | 819 replies
Distortion by contrast: MI targeted a lot of high income earners who lived on the coasts, WA, CA, OR, MA, NY, DC ect.
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21 December 2024 | 1 reply
The area is a little far from town and is on a big lot in the country so it targets a specific renter.
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21 December 2024 | 3 replies
Or has it performed as advertised?