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9 May 2024 | 5 replies
Don't jump too early and start connecting with other investors in the area and meet other people who have house hacked near you.
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9 May 2024 | 159 replies
One thing to note, MOST PEOPLE NEVER leave their W2 job.
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9 May 2024 | 3 replies
Tell her to go out to a movie and have people do the work when she is gone.
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9 May 2024 | 14 replies
Sadly a lot of people enter various real estate investing fields without a clue of the risks.
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9 May 2024 | 8 replies
A lot of those people were sold on ADR and occupancy numbers that were the ceiling and not the norm.
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10 May 2024 | 11 replies
I am ready to get these people out, but it is very difficult in Ontario, Canada.
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6 May 2024 | 3 replies
Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies that spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.
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9 May 2024 | 5 replies
HELOCs are great, but too many people take them and deplete the power of the property.
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9 May 2024 | 4 replies
We started with a couple months of research which pretty much boiled down to three things-1- You don't need a sign if everyone who needs to know where you are knows where you are.2- Most people driving by don't see them.
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9 May 2024 | 7 replies
For most people, that’s foundation and structure issues.