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4 March 2018 | 3 replies
I'm looking to expand my portfolio and perhaps start focusing on purchsing rental properties as a full-time job.
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3 March 2018 | 5 replies
If anything, you should consider downgrading the expenses on your primary (only focus on what's absolutely necessary), so that you can save faster and put the money to work.
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19 March 2018 | 4 replies
@Kat Malkowski I am looking in the entire Chicagoland area, but primarily focused on the southwest suburbs (Oak Park west to Wheaton, and Oak Park south to Mokena).
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13 March 2018 | 5 replies
I would focus your attention on East Boston, Revere, Everett, and Chelsea.
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15 March 2018 | 7 replies
I'm glad I found this website, the podcasts and fine people who all seem focused on helping each other rather than competing against each other.
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7 March 2018 | 8 replies
I'm focused on Vacation Rental management (Airbnb, VRBO and all that).
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4 March 2018 | 4 replies
We're looking to pick up a few properties around certain Georgia universities and focus on student housing.
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5 March 2018 | 2 replies
I think I prefer the latter, as I'm focused on preparing retirement income, but this digresses towards an entire different topic :)Regardless, this does answer my question.
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27 March 2018 | 20 replies
You can focus your EDDM by Carrier Route (CRRT) within the zip code.
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21 September 2018 | 12 replies
Part of this was because I was focusing on other RE activities, but it could still be better.