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3 June 2024 | 7 replies
Personally, I've been investing more than 50 years and never looked at the demographics for a neighborhood one time because I always felt that you need more personal knowledge about the neighborhood e.g. whether it is blue-collar working people, whether it infested with gangbangers, what the ability to increase rents is, etc. and the only way to get a good feeling and understanding is to personally visit the neighborhoods in the daytime, evenings and on weekends because weekends and nighttime is when the bad people come out like cockroaches.
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31 May 2024 | 15 replies
Count me in; Schaumburg would be perfect !
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4 June 2024 | 6 replies
Just like some people prefer pick up trucks to cars or Chevy to Ford.
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3 June 2024 | 19 replies
Not exactly what I want to hear knowing nurses are the ones that are helping people.
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4 June 2024 | 5 replies
It wouldn't surprise me, though, since most people opt for the cheapest insurance they can possibly get and then are disappointed when the coverage sucks.
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4 June 2024 | 3 replies
You generally may see some newer investors there but great to get to know people. 3.
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4 June 2024 | 3 replies
The small towns have several 1000 people.
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4 June 2024 | 3 replies
I have had 6 people sign paperwork to buy the home over the last few months, but even the cash offers have pulled out when they see the price of Homeowners insurance in Louisiana right now.
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4 June 2024 | 5 replies
Granted, that is for people that have perfect credit, putting down a large down payment, lower DTI, etc.
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4 June 2024 | 13 replies
Many people in this market are moving to mid-term rentals to get around the ordinance.