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23 November 2024 | 4 replies
My wife and I have been investing in real estate using creative strategies that don’t rely on traditional bank financing, and it’s completely changed how we look at deals.
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22 November 2024 | 14 replies
I was a foster child who put myself through college on my own, and I have relied on some good friends for a place to stay as I grew up, which has motivated me to create a better life for myself.I have done a lot of research on real estate, and from my perspective, it seems as if wholesaling, which I feel my sales skills may help with, would be a good place to start to make some extra money to speed up the investing process.
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25 November 2024 | 3 replies
Walking the property before closing is definitely worth the cost to avoid bigger headaches later, especially with flipped homes where the quality of renovations can vary.
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5 December 2024 | 87 replies
Collateral is valued using certified appraisers as opposed to "drive by" AVM values that the PPR fund relies on.I could go on.
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27 November 2024 | 10 replies
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23 November 2024 | 2 replies
I have seen costs vary widely from contractor to contractor and you want to go in with all eyes wide open.
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26 November 2024 | 86 replies
Obviously this range can vary, but "bad" to me is a sponsor bringing home $2.5M - $10M+ per year just in acquisition fees.
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9 December 2024 | 98 replies
All problems like transaction volume, or what incentives miners will have to keep validating transactions after all 21 million bitcoin are mined, will magically be solved in the future but the details on how are intentionally fuzzy because nobody actually knows and even a hypothetical answer relies on hypothetical future advancements in technology.
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25 November 2024 | 7 replies
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21 November 2024 | 1 reply
There are also other large hospitals in that area too, so you aren't just relying on Mayo.