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15 October 2014 | 23 replies
Just wondering if there's a downside to this.
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21 March 2015 | 1 reply
Is there any downsides to having one?
25 May 2015 | 5 replies
What are the downsides and how badly can this hurt my repair estimates?
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5 July 2015 | 13 replies
The downside of the VA rental income offset is that this number cannot be positive.
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11 August 2015 | 46 replies
The downside: I have limited properties.
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9 September 2015 | 7 replies
There are plenty of posts on the downsides of condos.Apartment buildings with 5+ units is a different animal.
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11 September 2015 | 6 replies
The downside is you have to listen/read through lots of different business models searching for information you can apply to your business.
24 September 2015 | 7 replies
The downside, like any investment is you don't have a guarantee your money will be paid back - the borrower might default which means you lose your investment.
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25 January 2016 | 27 replies
For our first investment property we didn't want to take on a a BIG project but we did want to buy low, renovate and possibly refinance, which we may not be able to do with this first proerpty so thats also a downside.
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6 December 2015 | 12 replies
Downsides are that you have to do very thorough planning as you cannot return anything.