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20 December 2024 | 9 replies
Lucky for you, your own backyard is an excellent (and often overlooked) place to begin investing, thanks in part to Tuscaloosa’s proximity to Birmingham, UA’s steady enrollment growth, and the market’s favorable rent-to-price ratio.As for your comment about BRRRR, you’re right that it’s definitely one of the more time- and labor-intensive approaches.
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30 December 2024 | 89 replies
So- in your approach, I would not mention that at all.
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6 January 2025 | 77 replies
I think as BP evolves it will address these issues from an AI or automated approach or better lookup function.
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27 December 2024 | 12 replies
Sounds like I am going to have to do some further research on how to investigate past evictions since it seems there's no catch-all approach.
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24 December 2024 | 7 replies
Two, (not mutually exclusive) approach’s.
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23 December 2024 | 6 replies
I’m curious, when you’re entering a new market, what’s your approach to starting those in-person connections?
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30 December 2024 | 7 replies
Long story short.. they inflated rent projections, sliced corners on property management, and almost left him holding the bag when the actual numbers came in.Vetting a syndicate means getting cozy with the sponsor’s track record, verifying their underwriting approach, and understanding whether they’ve handled rough waters before.
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27 December 2024 | 16 replies
I would at least start there and good timing to figure out a plan with spring slowly approaching and our busier sales season in WI.
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20 December 2024 | 20 replies
There're some alternative planning approaches, but they are always case-by-case.
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24 December 2024 | 3 replies
For average investors without large amounts of capital to deploy this is a common approach to growing a portfolio.