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19 January 2025 | 147 replies
It may make people feel better but does it actually do anything?
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19 January 2025 | 1 reply
I'm sure this has created more questions, so feel free to fire away!
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13 January 2025 | 2 replies
I’m not local, so I’m trying to get a feel for what it’s actually like making deals in this market right now.
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24 January 2025 | 16 replies
Feel free to PM me if you want an introduction.
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8 February 2025 | 29 replies
Once you feel comfortable in running your numbers, figure out a good market that has good population & economic growth and landlord friendly laws.
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27 January 2025 | 12 replies
Generally larger commercial properties and shopping centers are easier to classify with hard and fast rules, but to the points above the residential areas really move very quickly and have way more nuance than most people care to admit.zip codes are generally way too large for my liking at least in my market to provide any kind of insights other than macro level economics but even then highways or rivers that cut through a zip code can end up with totally different trade areas.we can get pretty granular with cellphone data and with grocery center data to understand the trade areas and their true boundaries, but that kind of data pull is generally only cost effective for investors doing larger scale projects or developments, and honestly we still just end up getting on the ground and feeling it out, so I generally tell people that the money is better spent on a plane ticket and weekend trip in the area you are looking rather than any kind of "trade area" level data studies.and generally B class in 1 area means something different than another.
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27 January 2025 | 11 replies
Thanks for posting of course but feel free to reach out with anything else.
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30 January 2025 | 19 replies
Hi, Ohio has a good market to invest in real estate if you have any question please feel free to reach out.