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26 January 2010 | 6 replies
Before posting, please do search the forums to see if the issue has been discussed.Good luck with your REI career.
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23 November 2009 | 1 reply
i am also new to the site, pretty new to real estate investing, and from central nj. i have had a rental for 2 years and am looking to acquire more of the same and also get into wholesaling and possibly rehabbing. i have been referencing this site for a month or so (before even becoming a member) and it is truly a wealth of invaluable information, so you are definitely in a great place to kick start your rei career.~ T
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25 March 2010 | 7 replies
The IRS may want to argue that your education expenses were pre-career change and thus not allowable.
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29 November 2009 | 9 replies
I'm looking at starting my investing career by investing in single family properties in the mid-west.
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1 December 2009 | 4 replies
I am looking to real estate for financial independence, as a gateway to opportunity, as a career and vocation.
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22 June 2010 | 29 replies
I've bought MANY properties in my career that had little equity, no positive cash flow that turned out to be fantastic purchases.
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19 December 2010 | 33 replies
I like to call it informing or illuminating the BPO an most investors fail to understand this is part of any negotiations no matter the industry.Take a sports agent who is negotiating a free agent contract for a player in the prime of his/her career.
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11 June 2010 | 114 replies
I went on into a career in claims because I didn't feel like doing the 10 years of testing these people go through to become Fellows but I know their data and they know what is statistically likely to happen based on pre-existing conditions.
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9 June 2010 | 5 replies
Later in your career you won't pay much in taxes so the paper expense won't matter very much.
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19 June 2010 | 5 replies
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