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27 July 2018 | 8 replies
Hey thanks for the encouragement and great input!
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24 July 2018 | 27 replies
So whatever you choose to do, I would encourage you to connect with local investors in your preferred market and see if you can partner up with them somehow so that you can learn how to invest successfully in that particular market.
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10 November 2020 | 40 replies
How did you go about selecting location, home features, narrowing in on purchase / price and rental rate?
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18 February 2018 | 12 replies
From that point forward, I encourage my tenants to smoke in bed.
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30 June 2016 | 17 replies
Also check out any other features that may have increased the other property's resale value, and use that as a springboard to negotiate your price.
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15 January 2014 | 10 replies
The BiggerPockets 'Ultimate Beginners Guide...' has been extremely useful - and encouraging!
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20 May 2019 | 8 replies
Here are a couple of other suggestions to bring pressure to encourage payment.
19 May 2019 | 2 replies
My property manager encourages me to lease (PM fees) and my realtor says I should sell (commission).
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27 May 2019 | 15 replies
If you haven't already read books on other RE strategies I would strongly encourage you to do so.
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5 February 2019 | 6 replies
However, I would encourage you to build a custom model to reinforce the basics of underwriting and forces your to understand the big picture + granular details behind the "Why".