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2 December 2024 | 13 replies
Visit their office (or request a virtual tour) to assess professionalism.
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3 December 2024 | 4 replies
But you’d have to target the <5% that are privately managed by newbies.
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5 December 2024 | 13 replies
According to [2], private homes cannot be rented for less than a week.
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8 December 2024 | 21 replies
Its like an ecosystem, meaning anyone I need to do a deal, is here in the community (title people, attorneys, brokers, accountants, private money, hard money, etc) The affiliate program is optional.
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3 December 2024 | 15 replies
Wholesaling, investing in REITs, private lending, and micro-investing platforms can diversify properties.
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25 November 2024 | 6 replies
I have mine for 1800, I’ve been receiving a lot of attention on and people have been touring it a lot, however no one has finally made the next steps to move in.
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26 November 2024 | 5 replies
Do most investors tour Home Depot/Lowes starting off to see what style of kitchen cabinets they want to put in their rehab?
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30 November 2024 | 2 replies
Here are some common pitfalls I see for new investors from the private lending perspective:• Insufficient Funds: most lenders are going to be able to lend a first-time investor somewhere around 75-80% of the purchase price of an existing property + 100% of your estimated rehab budget (or an 80/100 loan, for short).
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1 December 2024 | 3 replies
I'm curious to hear from others across the US what innovative strategies their municipalities have successfully implemented to incentivize development and promote housing affordability through private investment and cooperation.
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1 December 2024 | 91 replies
Private investments are not.