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12 August 2024 | 37 replies
Which we know it isn't, because if it was you'd be doing something else not sitting on $1.3m liquid cash just burning up to inflation in an account somewhere.
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7 August 2024 | 73 replies
Energy will be the most weaponized and in demand area for the rest of our lives.
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8 August 2024 | 10 replies
@Tiago Montoya I'm not an expert, but have spent a significant amount of time and energy researching tax liens/deeds in my state and the state adjacent to me.
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13 August 2024 | 97 replies
EVERYONE gets burned eventually (even I have from foreclosures I couldn’t get into).Never trust these illegal wholesalers, especially the ones that go after newbie investors.
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6 August 2024 | 9 replies
Quote from @Carol Burns: I am looking at a sfr.
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8 August 2024 | 22 replies
I struggle to come up a name of a syndication or partnership investment that doesn't end in flames.Turn them into Federal Authorities and don't burn more money on attorney fees.
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6 August 2024 | 10 replies
They have very deep pockets, and if you you are looking for them to fund your business and don't mind working for free, they can keep you going until you burn out.
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5 August 2024 | 16 replies
However, health concerns forced me to step away from the hustle about 6 years ago.Fast forward to today, I'm officially retired and living in sunny California with a renewed sense of energy (and much better health!).
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6 August 2024 | 5 replies
To pick just one of those items and call it "investing" is not understanding the element of time/energy coefficient.
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5 August 2024 | 10 replies
But that isn't that attractive because they then have to spend time figuring out what to give you, setting it up, teaching you things to be able to do it, and that's a lot of time and energy spent.