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3 October 2021 | 33 replies
I'm in SoCal and know the prices challenges you are up against, however, you are worrying about building a portfolio before you even have a single investment property.
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28 September 2021 | 1 reply
Challenges?
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14 October 2021 | 3 replies
Again, I hope this story touches at least one person and encourages you to take on those "scary" challenges and take them head on!
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12 October 2021 | 14 replies
Once you build confidence in them, and your systems, scaling because infinitely easier and less daunting.
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8 October 2021 | 11 replies
I can understand that if you have historically done the management that hiring another company to do it could seem daunting, however, this is what's going to allow you to scale up your business.