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2 January 2017 | 8 replies
Here's the top 5 I'd recommend: (in no particular order)Who Moved My Cheese - Spencer Johnson (deals with change)How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie (One of the best sales books)Secrets of Closing the Sale - Zig Ziglar (Another top sales book)Guerilla Marketing - Jay Conrad Levinson (One of the best marketing books)Platform - Michael Hyatt (About how to use social media)
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5 January 2017 | 7 replies
By simply investing wisely at a young age, appreciation and compound interest will reward you later in life.The beauty of the real estate game is discovering the power of leverage.
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10 February 2017 | 21 replies
After demo, we discovered some issues such as the furnace, condensing unit, and some ductwork had to be replaced (roughly 6k).
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7 January 2017 | 5 replies
In addition, not sure that, if we knew of a "secret" market that is performing well for us, we'd be posting it here on BP.
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22 January 2017 | 2 replies
Are there any "secret" pockets of this type of zoning sprinkled throughout the zoning overlays?
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16 January 2017 | 20 replies
Discovered BP while deployed last year from reading "The Book on Rental Property Investing" by Brandon Turner.
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12 October 2016 | 15 replies
Regardless of what you think of Zillow - they are certainly not secretive with the accuracy or explanation of their Zestimate algorithm, and they clearly state, "the Zestimate is a good starting point as well as a historical reference, but it should not be used for pricing a home."
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9 October 2016 | 4 replies
There is no secret formula.
10 October 2016 | 4 replies
At 24, only a year and a half out of college, I've discovered that the corporate 9-5 (or 7-6 in my case, Enterprise) job is not the direction I want to head in life.
10 October 2016 | 6 replies
Hi, my name is Gustavo, I discover a new passion on me and I want to change my life, I want to start to invest in houses and flip them but since I do not have any experience I have no idea how to start, I read books and attended some of those seminars here in San Diego but seems more like infomercials, any recommendations I don't have the money to start, I heard about the hard money lenders, I just want to get some advices.Thanks