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14 May 2024 | 164 replies
Plus the learning curve to invest effectively was too steep to completely disregard it.
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10 May 2024 | 8 replies
I'm nervous because I've never had a business before and I still have a full-time job as a cloud solutions architect, which I'm really passionate about - so hopefully it won't be my golden handcuffs that may prevent me to thrive as an investor and I'm excited because of all the benefits and freedoms being a business owner offers, one of which is to connect and collaborate with forums like this and people like all of you, where I can both learn from and hopefully share later as I develop more experience. :-)
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10 May 2024 | 1 reply
Im excited to be a part of this community and to continue to learn about real estate investing.
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10 May 2024 | 5 replies
I hope we can learn from each other and grow our success in this market.
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10 May 2024 | 12 replies
I got to learn from a mentor with 30 years of experience in my town.
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10 May 2024 | 5 replies
You're in the right place to learn about real estate investing.
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9 May 2024 | 9 replies
I'm happy to dive deeper into any of these items if you DM me or we set up a call.
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12 May 2024 | 12 replies
But I think this is a process and like anything else the more you do the more you learn and then try to repeat it . thanks for sharing.
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9 May 2024 | 2 replies
Here's ahttps://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p5653.pdf to the IRS website noting specific items that are included in the cost segregation study report on page 24.