31 March 2018 | 13 replies
You should budget for replacing this every three to five years.
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2 April 2018 | 8 replies
To myself personally I think it is a foolish way to spend your time.
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10 April 2018 | 5 replies
We enjoyed the process, kept our first as a rental and are at a place where we can begin investing and are interested in either a flip to sell or flip to own.It seems like everything in the marketplace is for cash sales and while we have about $30K at our disposal, it seems that this would cover the rehab budget in the deals we have been interested in.
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1 April 2018 | 3 replies
For every dollar they are spending they are able to quadruple their buying power since 25% down is all that's needed on a rental property.
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8 April 2018 | 16 replies
I would put some money and time into honing your sales and closing skills BEFORE spending money on direct mail.
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31 March 2018 | 2 replies
We enjoyed the process, kept our first as a rental and are at a place where we can begin investing and are interested in either a flip to sell or flip to own.It seems like everything in the marketplace is for cash sales and while we have about $30K at our disposal, it seems that this would cover the rehab budget in the deals we have been interested in.
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2 April 2018 | 14 replies
Spend time thinking about how to get ahead (or having fund with family and friends).
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1 April 2018 | 7 replies
I have gotten weird fees that I had no idea to budget for such as a high grass fee of close to $400 because the grass was too high.
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2 April 2018 | 7 replies
Thanks Sean, if you are going to spend a few thousand there, do you usually get a discount or something along the lines?
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3 April 2018 | 3 replies
It’s worth tripling checking everything before you spend any money.Reach out to my father Steve Moorhead too.