20 August 2021 | 1 reply
"How to Win Friends and Influence People", by Dale Carnegie.
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25 August 2021 | 19 replies
(b) I have lots of clients from out of state who pay me to host their units and the make a lot of money.There are tons of ways to win the STR game.
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27 August 2021 | 9 replies
Always shoot for that win/win scenario but at the end of the day if you don't own the property (Or should I say control the property) you are giving up a very valuable aspect of real estate.
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24 August 2021 | 9 replies
But to your point, I have priced things accordingly now based on states and counties and know I am not going to win the bid but I also know that the people who are paying 70% on an asset in a certain county will have to wait 3 years when it was previously 6 months to get it back, and they bid it as if it will only take 6 months.
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24 August 2021 | 13 replies
That’s the best bet.
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21 August 2021 | 6 replies
Heck, I bet there are people who have remodeled their whole house including the guest house and written it off to the rental....
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23 August 2021 | 23 replies
I bet there’s only about a 10% success rate .
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20 January 2022 | 20 replies
Do it and my bet is that it will be your last RE investment.Why do I say this?
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22 August 2021 | 2 replies
Either way it's a win obviously, but your better to think long term.
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23 August 2021 | 5 replies
Your best bet would be to put 3.5% down with an FHA loan.