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10 January 2019 | 7 replies
I joined in July of last year after encouragement from my boyfriend to get involved in real estate investing and I've recently decided to become more serious about it.
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26 January 2019 | 6 replies
@Michael Oliver Great, so what niches are you looking to get involved with in real estate?
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6 January 2019 | 0 replies
I will share a couple of mine:1) Be more involved on BiggerPockets - We have a great community with many awesome people doing inspiring things everyday!
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10 January 2019 | 4 replies
Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.
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8 January 2019 | 19 replies
If you want to get involved as a real estate wholesaler or agent or flipper... great!
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8 January 2019 | 13 replies
May I ask how long have you been involved with wholesaling and what was your most successful marketing strategy?
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8 January 2019 | 11 replies
If there are different lenders involved, then you can work that out with your title company and have them move the money.
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7 January 2019 | 2 replies
I will give an example from a loan application that was unfortunately denied, from early in my career before I had the right amount of cynicism.
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8 January 2019 | 3 replies
I joined social media groups and watched what they discussed, I found sites like this and got involved in the discussions and then just keep going.
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8 January 2019 | 13 replies
It’s great to be nice and have a good relationship with tenants but don’t get involved in their personal wants.