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20 March 2017 | 41 replies
Yes - on the note above - but when you have to overpay for a home in Austin to use as an investment - it basically defeats the purpose.
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14 February 2017 | 6 replies
Our goal is long term hold for retirement income purposes.
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27 February 2017 | 52 replies
BP has promoted a tax book by a Husband/Wife CPA team.
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7 March 2017 | 45 replies
It takes discipline to only used borrowed money for investment purposes.
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17 February 2017 | 3 replies
Purpose of funds: Home restoration for rental.
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10 March 2017 | 3 replies
People use HELOCs and cash out refinance proceeds for this purpose all the time.As a one-off and not a habitual thing, and if it's someone you have an existing relationship with, most folks say you can be a private mortgage lender without any licensing stuff, but that is not strictly speaking my area of expertise, and of course you should speak with a lawyer before getting out of the bed in the morning, and certainly here too.
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15 February 2017 | 23 replies
The purpose of education is to not continually repeat mistakes.
14 February 2017 | 5 replies
I received another promotion and was going to be making 80k a year with overtime but I hated my job and the cold weather.
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17 February 2017 | 7 replies
Spend time in cultures different than ours and eventually do more purpose driven travel to serve in poverty stricken places of the world.
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20 February 2017 | 10 replies
My purpose for investing in real estate is to build wealth (and make some money along the way!).