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13 August 2017 | 5 replies
Thanks for the feedback, I certainly have been very fortunate to have the job that I have had and it has made a lot of this possible, its kind of like investing with a net, I was able to take a lot of the risks that I did because in the back of my mind I always knew that no matter what I had a stable income coming in that mitigated a lot of my risk.
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13 August 2017 | 7 replies
Ultimately you want the unit back so you can redeploy it to tenants who are stable.
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31 August 2017 | 14 replies
Nobody really knows how stable the oil field will be but I can just about promise you, the oil field isn't going away in the near future, but it will probably be a roller coaster ride as in it's history.
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16 August 2017 | 5 replies
Our business strategy is to find stable properties with value add components, which are getting harder and harder to find without paying a premium.
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19 August 2017 | 7 replies
Taking your insurance, mortgage, tax, and rent estimates at face value (I assume that these are fairly certain/stable), you might be a bit optimistic on your expenses:- Vacancy: I don't know if 2% is the right number or not, but just to sense check - 2% vacancy means that you have no more than 1 week (on average) to turn over a unit, assuming it's fully occupied and each unit turns over once a year.
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19 August 2017 | 12 replies
The job is pretty stable but it is always a possibility.
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21 August 2017 | 95 replies
Notice how unsuccessful real estate investors all have one thing in common: they weren't selective enough in their deals and decided to enter into very marginal or worse deals.If you could be just 0.1% as selective in real estate as a typical 21 year old girl is with dating, either on Tinder or some dating website looking for a hot looking Chad or Brad that isn't psychopathic, and that looks financially stable and reasonable, then you will succeed in the game of real estate.
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16 August 2017 | 1 reply
If that's the only purpose, get one off the shelf/online.
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29 August 2017 | 11 replies
I've made my share of mistakes because I did not consider #2, I was attracted to Binghamton NY a few years back because of the high Cap rate but poor property management and my lack of visiting the area cost me a lot of money.At this stage in my life i'm so what financially stable that I can make the time to drive or fly to visit and manage the managers of remote properties.
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25 August 2017 | 2 replies
I have been fortunate enough to have a stable well paying job for the 6 years and have been able to save up a good amount of capitol to fund the initial down payment on a multi-family rental property.