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28 February 2015 | 22 replies
Unlike stocks, there are tons of things that can burn you on real estate, in my opinion a lot more than a stock.3) Liquidity - Real estate is illiquid with high transaction costs and as such would require a premium because you can't really turn around and sell without a loss because of the transaction costs and even if you want to sell it might take 2 months or longer to sell. 4) Time- real estate takes a lot more time to manage than investing in the stock market.
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13 November 2015 | 83 replies
I think these kinds of landlords are the most likely to "burn out" after a few poorly timed chance instances of tenant issues.
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5 June 2016 | 13 replies
You can test with burning string or something else to create actual smoke, but pushing the test button is what is specified.
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26 April 2020 | 33 replies
But, with lots of time and money to burn to get this resolved.
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28 April 2018 | 29 replies
Once burned, twice wary.I do both of the above prior to running any credit check.
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25 April 2017 | 13 replies
Our first home has now burned away.
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14 August 2018 | 104 replies
Uber burns through drivers quickly due to low wages after expenses.
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7 March 2013 | 87 replies
My vote is:If your goal is to learn the most about real estate, stick with rental properties.If your goal is to create capital, you can wholesale, flip, work on referral fees, or start a business.I heard one time that the risk with wholesaling is that you can make a ton of money and then not be educated on how to be smart with that money and burn it.
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23 February 2017 | 78 replies
LOL (no, actually I've been doing a slow burn for about 16 hours)So, what do we do next?
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17 September 2015 | 32 replies
It might not make you happy, it might not be fair, but its the law - these are the things you should have taken into account when becoming a landlord.There are certain groups of people you can't discriminate against, and if you try by wording things differently etc, you'll get burned much more in legal fees then that person will have potentially burned you in rent.