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8 May 2024 | 11 replies
I'm completely fine with this but I'm wondering if it would be difficult to find a brokerage and if its feasible to start and eventually grow into a full-time career.
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8 May 2024 | 7 replies
I am currently getting things lined up to purchase the Real Estate Salesperson License course for Illinois, am reading books on sales, listening to podcasts, putting together a business plan, looking up Investor Meetup groups, researching brokerages, and just about to finish the Bigger Pockets book on "How to Invest in Real Estate.
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10 May 2024 | 116 replies
Account ClosedI was referring to a real estate limited partnership in which shares are sold by a wall street brokerage company like all the names you know and love.Some had problems with over leverage, and when tenancy or values declined (does that sound familiar) then the RELP ended up upside down and lost all equity.
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8 May 2024 | 9 replies
Amazon Amex - 5% back on all purchases on AmazonFidelity Visa - 2% back on all purchases dropped into my brokerage accountAmex Business Platinum - Points.
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8 May 2024 | 9 replies
I would start building partnerships (and referral fees) with sales brokerages.
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6 May 2024 | 5 replies
A lot of commercial/multifamily brokerages will only advertise their listings on their own website so identify who these prominent multifamily brokerages are in your area and subscribe to their email list or just check their inventory periodically.
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5 May 2024 | 8 replies
You mentioned Schwab, so I went down a brokerage track with my prior response.
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6 May 2024 | 30 replies
On a personal note, I was audited by the state and found out that the bank I opened my "trust" accounts with for my brokerage with did not actually open true "trust accounts" for me.
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5 May 2024 | 4 replies
None of that would have been possible if I didn’t make that first house hack purchase.In addition to the rental portfolio, I own a real estate brokerage.
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9 May 2024 | 159 replies
Just open a brokerage account and the default money market account should give you 5%+.