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11 February 2020 | 9 replies
@Roman Rida Welcome Roman, I would say networking with people here that possibly do investments out of state is a good starting point, then meetups in person in areas near you, and ultimately once you find the place you really want to invest in, flying out driving those neighborhoods and scheduling a meetup in your plans for investor meetings in that area.
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12 February 2020 | 5 replies
@Youseif AliThe Allegheny County Real Estate Office in downtown Pittsburgh has a CD/Flash drive you can purchase that contains an excel spreadsheet with all matter of useful information, but it definitely includes USE CODE and neighborhood/municipality.
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11 March 2020 | 5 replies
Especially if you are going in to base at the south gates, Georgetown is only a 40-45 min drive, and about the same into downtown Austin, or 30 minutes to the Domain.
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29 March 2020 | 11 replies
Great practice though and it led me to driving for dollars.
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9 February 2020 | 8 replies
The drive towards newer homes for investors has been that there is a lot of building going on and pricing is still very competitive with new homes making the difference between old and new pretty slim.
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22 January 2020 | 8 replies
Think about a temporary use to help you make the payments (like a driving range, or a dump, or temporary storage).
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20 January 2020 | 12 replies
Once we had a chance to drive around and look at a bunch of properties I totally changed my strategy.
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13 January 2020 | 10 replies
Nothing drives me crazier than cigarette butts all over a driveway.
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10 February 2020 | 19 replies
Of course, there are other factors but job growth is the most important since that drives population growth (of people that are renting).
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13 January 2020 | 1 reply
I drive a rusty Nissan Altima so mine is 250:1Here's how you can determine your ratio with a fictional example:$250,000 income: $10,000 Camry = 25:1