29 April 2019 | 5 replies
They use the 4% rule (25 x annual spending), to determine when they can retire early and live off investment income.
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3 May 2019 | 12 replies
If you are new I’d spend the next 2-3 years saving money building up credit and learning via reading and podcasts to figure out what you want to do in real estate, flips, buy and holds, buy notes, private money lending, or anything else because there’s dozens of ways to be in REI.
19 July 2019 | 4 replies
What helped me get passed the expenses part of the buying process was actually figuring out exactly how much you would spend in expenses.
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24 June 2019 | 8 replies
Their approved upcoming campus going to be complete by end of 2021 will employ 5000 employees and scales to 15000 people.This is a 1 BILLION DOLLAR investment by Apple and is 0.9mi, 2min drive, 5min bike or 20min walk from this place.I’m in contract and have 3 more days to back out.
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25 April 2019 | 0 replies
Their approved upcoming campus going to be complete by end of 2021 will employ 5000 employees and scales to 15000 people.This is a 1 BILLION DOLLAR investment by Apple and is 0.9mi, 2min drive, 5min bike or 20min walk from this place.I’m in contract and have 3 more days to back out.
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3 May 2019 | 12 replies
I started my RE journey a few months back after spending some time on BP and reading books to educate myself on best practices.
26 April 2019 | 6 replies
If your deposit is $15k you going to spend $15k in fees to get it?
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13 May 2019 | 16 replies
It's nice to hear a sponsor spend an hour talking about their business and operations, and less about the specific contours of a deal.Obviously they are still in pitch mode, but I think it gives you a better idea of the principles they employ.
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29 April 2019 | 40 replies
Sometimes I probably spend too much time focusing on it, but its taken me to a better place so I'm gonna keep doing it!
27 April 2019 | 8 replies
But there are more lucrative ways for agents to spend their time too.