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8 January 2014 | 7 replies
Another big factor is how they're budgeting for capital expenses.
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10 January 2014 | 3 replies
Closer to you is The DC REIA, Capital City REIA, Traction REIAAlso there is a group of BP members that get together in Burke.
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19 January 2014 | 26 replies
People get frustrated with them because they move slower than other investment methods and a lot of people need ways to get capital so they can buy rentals which forces rentals to come later rather than sooner, but in general, starting with rentals is excellent because they teach you the fundamentals first, then you can use those to be really strong in other areas.
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13 January 2014 | 17 replies
If you want to determine criteria, use Weighed Average Cost of Capital.
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13 January 2014 | 6 replies
Alpine Mortgage is a division of Pinnacle Capital Mortgage Corp., and they are a solid lender.I wouldn't worry about anything here.
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9 January 2014 | 8 replies
There are many ways to get started in real estate, but none of them are easy, especially if you do not have the capital.
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14 January 2014 | 6 replies
So if you have time you might want to try and capitalize on this.
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11 January 2015 | 24 replies
You have to have capital built up.
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3 February 2014 | 30 replies
All that did was capitalize the letters.
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20 January 2014 | 18 replies
We are wanting to work on flipping houses first and as we build up capital we want buy and hold property.