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7 December 2024 | 150 replies
Take notes from a few people who tell you how to bake a cake, go eat some cake and get your own ideas.
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19 December 2024 | 82 replies
Now we've had quite the bull run and I expect equities to return closer to 12%.
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1 December 2024 | 91 replies
I'm quite happy with how the passive portion of my own portfolio is doing.
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17 December 2024 | 86 replies
I would do thatI would be down to house hack but I can’t afford a home here in Charlotte quite yet.
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7 December 2024 | 7 replies
I usually recommend that clients write one unit vacant into the contract because you can't serve a notice to quit before you own it and most landlords won't do it so it's hard to make your 60-day occupancy the way you are going to do it.
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1 December 2024 | 0 replies
Taxes, interest, insurance and maintenance will eat into the profit. 2.
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5 December 2024 | 15 replies
I would lower the price and eat the cost for a year.
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4 December 2024 | 30 replies
From Excel, I originally switched to QBO, but I had to do quite a bit of finagling to build it properly for my use as a REI.
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13 December 2024 | 35 replies
I also have learned Memphis can be quite spotty (a dangerous block can be just a couple blocks from a good renting location so you really need a boots on the ground agent/team that you can trust).
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6 December 2024 | 4 replies
I don't plan to do any fundraising, but I'm finding the paperwork and process quite daunting.