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24 August 2020 | 17 replies
In sum, you need to make some pretty substantial improvements (like almost razing the original building).
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3 December 2018 | 10 replies
I recently got hired at a stereotypical office job that very quickly made me realize how much I crave financial independence.
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15 November 2018 | 9 replies
Not be answered on here, but why can your credit not be improved over the 12 month span of the HM loan?
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21 November 2018 | 6 replies
I guess I’m mainly wondering if fix and flips will get me to financial freedom faster than rentals?
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15 November 2018 | 8 replies
Unfortunately, it sounds like you would be throwing good money at bad if you try to do any improvements.
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22 November 2018 | 22 replies
The same money spent on MFR out of state at the time would have netted me a much greater financial benefit.
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17 November 2018 | 55 replies
I consider that to be a very naive and kind of a lazy way of doing financial calculations.So I really would suggest all Investors do at least a 10 year pro-forma projection business plan.
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16 November 2018 | 8 replies
I'm 26, and working to get the life I want to live happily, financially free, and to the standard I uphold myself to through Real Estate!
15 November 2018 | 9 replies
Although market conditions improved, I felt that we didn't have enough equity to pull out of the house and do the work, so I decided to take a 20k personal loan out.
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15 November 2018 | 1 reply
You have to know how to read financial statements so you can begin to recognize a problem when it starts.