2 June 2015 | 7 replies
Just remember you have to walk before you run, nothing wrong with starting with 1 property.
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23 May 2016 | 33 replies
When people talk about mistakes they have made on properties and the past and lost money, what went wrong, and what they would do if they could do it all over again.
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1 June 2015 | 8 replies
i have about 8k in reserves incase something goes wrong.
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2 June 2015 | 13 replies
If not, it looks like you bought wrong, and you might be learning an expensive real estate lesson in the near future.
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2 June 2015 | 5 replies
I'm assuming it's going to be no but maybe I'm wrong and that is why I wanted to ask the forums.So can you guys please share your stories?
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3 June 2015 | 12 replies
*Note this is where we went wrong.
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12 June 2015 | 17 replies
My thought is that there's nothing wrong with getting rich slowly.
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4 June 2015 | 5 replies
The guy was a realtor in or near a metropolitan area (I want to say Boston but that may be wrong).
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2 June 2015 | 3 replies
Her moms idea is to let it go into foreclosure then buy it back when it goes to a short-sale with a private lenders money (which I have) but I think this is a huge risk because, correct me if I'm wrong, but once it goes into a short-sale anyone can buy it and I'm sure we would be going up against experienced and knowledgeable investors that would get it before us.