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27 January 2025 | 3 replies
Good morning BP community,I'm a returning REI in East Tennessee who is now investing and buidling a family business full time after a career in the military.
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7 February 2025 | 16 replies
While this can maximize leverage and ROI, challenges include getting lender approval for seller financing, high carrying costs, and the pressure of short-term loans.
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1 February 2025 | 2 replies
Hi Asiel, Nabil I am new in the wholesaling business as well.
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8 February 2025 | 2 replies
It’s just part of the game**They have multiple leads & opportunities in play- If you’re banking on one contract to make or break your business, you’re already losing.
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5 February 2025 | 6 replies
house hacking is great start, that's how i started in the business. would love to connect
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4 February 2025 | 18 replies
I get it...I get emotional with properties and buy into the sunk cost fallacy too.
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10 February 2025 | 0 replies
I can promise you that my first deal was TERRIBLE, but I lived at a reduced monthly cost to living than renting/buying a single family and that is what mattered.
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27 January 2025 | 6 replies
@Michael James Hamlin I'm a former tax accountant/business consultant turned fix n flipper and investor friendly agent.
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26 January 2025 | 33 replies
What is the average acquisition cost of the houses?
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26 January 2025 | 2 replies
When the whole covid shutdown occurred, I dropped out of college to help my father's service business maintaining and remodeling residential and commercial buildings.