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Lauren Lucas What were some mistake you've made in real estate investing?
29 September 2013 | 18 replies
Join clubs, activities, sororities, etc.As far as the mistakes, mine at the beginning (the mistakes do not end at the beginning by the way) were paying too much for buy and hold properties, not networking enough early on, waiting too long to pull the trigger on RE (took me 4 years from I want to do this to actually doing it), and biggest mistake at the start was a lack of focus on one strategy.
Justin Foster Wholesaling legal prep
27 September 2013 | 7 replies
It is one thing to make money; it is a completely different strategy to building wealth and a solid estate.Business partnership and financial considerations may include:Business Power Of AttorneyMedical Power Of AttorneyLiving WillWill or TrustLegal advice from an attorney and a financial planner you hire will be the cheapest and wisest investment you will ever make.Moreover, every investment, partnership, and individual is unique.
Lauren Lucas Would you consider college to be essential when going into a field such as real estate?
1 October 2013 | 25 replies
Didn't hold me back.You can take all the courses in the world and if you don't have the right temperament that you need to pull the trigger on a deal, then those courses won't matter.I've learned more by doing than I could have ever learned in school.
Bryan L. Private money and/or hard money loans
15 December 2013 | 7 replies
Jeff S Na Usually on BP when I see people posting deals for joint venture partnerships, it's because they don't have the cash to put into the deals that a HML would require, and decide that if they can get the money to do the deal, and there's a healthy enough profit potential, giving away a big chunk of the deal on the other end is worth it, if they couldn't do the deal otherwise.
Ryan Watson newbie self directed question
30 May 2015 | 23 replies
We now own 6 properties, and they've all been bought with borrowed money.So the long and short of it is, you can establish a 401K, contribute very little to it, then leverage that amount into nice holdings for yourself.Your question is framed using two different 401Ks not in partnership.
Gail S. Being Sues???
22 January 2014 | 17 replies
If is she seeking reimbursement for the damage that should be enough to trigger coverage..
Abou C. Two partnering forming LLC
27 September 2014 | 7 replies
In my opinion it is malpractice to recommend a regular partnership anymore. 
Lucas Pinto First Property!
8 October 2014 | 10 replies
Doing a lot of reading and researching and I'm getting ready to pull the trigger and buy my first property! 
Korrine Rudderow Newbie
9 October 2014 | 11 replies
Also, always make sure that the numbers work out before you pull the trigger.
Jedd Braunwarth How to make this money go the farthest?
7 October 2014 | 6 replies
It is the sale of an appreciated or depreciated property that triggers the recognition of a gain or need to recapture of depreciation.However, that being said there is a way to use seller financing when you sell a property and still harness the advantage of a 1031 exchange.