If they bought it 6 months ago and had enough equity for a deal, they must have had a really motivating reason to dump it fast.

(From today's newspaper)Now, there are about 73,500 real estate agents and brokers licensed in Arizona, according to the department.Real estate not an easy jobpeople who become agents thinking it’s easy money will be disappointed.

I'll be calling both Affordable Rentals and Inspire Real Estate today.

This is my first post here, so I hope I don't mess it up :)My name is Hugo Laranjeira and I'm a real estate agent/brokerage founder (Nomad Real Estate) /investor/ all around problem solver in LisbonI wanted to talk a little about how Portugal is a great place for investors right now and, on the other hand, I'd like to ask a few questions about the US.First of all, I don't know is this is well known, but Portugal is today the best gateway to anyone coming to Europe to live or invest due to our visa program.Did you see the news about Madonna coming to Portugal and all that publicity stunt about how Lisbon is beautiful and such?

I house hacked it for 2 years, then moved out and hired a property manager who still manages it today.

I haven’t heard of them until today, I’m going to see when their next event is and hopefully I can attend.

Lot of risk to take to accommodate a fraction of a percentage of current users. there are digital methods that are cheap, fast, easy and require little infrastructure already (ex: venmo)

“I have someone interested, I can do 2.5% commission and they want to see it at 5:15 pm today.”

There's no hard and fast rule, but most investors agree that the IRS won't look askance at you as long as you hold a prop purchased through a 1031 as a rental for at least 12-18 months (which you plan to do anyway).

Bigger Pockets is the way to go in today's real estate investing.