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2 September 2024 | 34 replies
No way would I pay someone else $10,000 just so they would take half of my earnings.I think you could do better for yourself just using communities like this and taking $10,000 and to learn as young go.
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1 September 2024 | 8 replies
For rentals I typically prefer going with LVP flooring, affordable cabinets etc. but one thing I like to spend $ on is countertop as its used often so I will go with an affordable solid surface top.
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1 September 2024 | 5 replies
I don't know MA laws, so generically:1) Do you need any lead paint, bed bug, or sex offender disclosure?
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1 September 2024 | 3 replies
I retired early and knew it was going to happen so I put as little as possible into restrictive retirement accts.
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1 September 2024 | 4 replies
I live in Los Angeles so will be investing long distance.
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2 September 2024 | 6 replies
Denver is an attractive metro for a few reasons, so I downloaded monthly price and rent growth at the zip code level from Zillow’s public housing data.I then used a ranking algorithm to sort the top 10 zip codes for investing based on monthly average price growth and monthly average rent growth (both by percent growth), from 2019-2024.
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31 August 2024 | 18 replies
So now you have 130k in equity still.Your payment on each loan is 850/mo.
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2 September 2024 | 11 replies
So a good COC return is a lot easier to obtain when using leverage.
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31 August 2024 | 12 replies
Thanks in advance for patiently answering my question.PS: I don't have a CPA, and I'm in the process of getting one, but I wanted to get a frame of reference so I can roughly compare notes with anything my future CPA would propose.