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8 February 2024 | 11 replies
Hi James, I've lived in Saint Pete since 2019 and it's the best city I've ever been to.
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8 February 2024 | 5 replies
People are becoming millionaires investing in Minneapolis.I totally agree with this view, in fact as Investor I would rather avoid investing in best market but invest where there're not too many competition, that's the kind of success recipet I've ever seen.
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9 February 2024 | 13 replies
I'd rather just take my lumps and pay the tax as I don't think tax rates are going down anytime soon so my capital gains tax on my profits are about as good as I'm ever going to be expected to pay.
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8 February 2024 | 7 replies
It's been growing quickly and has a lower average sale price to keep the barrier to entry low.
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9 February 2024 | 8 replies
Have you ever used a HELOC .
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9 February 2024 | 5 replies
Will be a great building site if we ever sale and adds value.
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7 February 2024 | 9 replies
We have a solution for growing old personally as far as managing the team thru sale.
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8 February 2024 | 27 replies
Gone in less than 5 minutes . cant honestly say I ever did go to the dump and watch it.. but I was paying guys by the hour.. so I monitored it that way.. great tool
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8 February 2024 | 15 replies
However, they may have overcome this rule since they're growing significantly.
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8 February 2024 | 111 replies
Hello Noah, how did you first get started on your STR portfolio and how did you accelerate growing your portfolio?