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20 January 2025 | 1 reply
I've helped people with SBA loans to purchase real estate for a business, but for buying rental real estate, the DSCR loan is a much better option.
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28 January 2025 | 7 replies
RE is really a small business and the number 1 reason that small business's fail is lack of proper capitalization..
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17 January 2025 | 19 replies
Paul and Special Financing Company both promised they would take care of this by December 27th and then just today in the mail I got two letters saying that they had transferred my loan to another company...That is the most insane thing I have ever encountered in all the years of dealing with shady businesses on the internet-!!!!
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20 January 2025 | 1 reply
I’ve had most luck with signs in front of my plaza and word of mouth - networking at Chamber of Commerce and chatting with other business owners in the area.
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21 January 2025 | 74 replies
Linda is a great gal and her magazine is a marketing piece for these type of business's.
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20 January 2025 | 6 replies
They’ll coach you right into it being your own business that allows you to leave your W2, if that’s your goal.
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22 January 2025 | 2 replies
I'm not sure why that metric has held true but it still applies, the properties that perform well above that ratio are the owners that treat their STR like a business.
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26 January 2025 | 3 replies
Trump is talking of selling off government buildings and getting the federal government or GSA mostly out of the real estate business.
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28 January 2025 | 19 replies
You're running a business and want to just make money.
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24 January 2025 | 11 replies
One thing I wish I knew starting out was the true overhead of running a RE business it can be pricey if you don't run your numbers right.