If you sprinkled in cash-flowing rental properties with your cash-hog appreciation properties then you could create a net $0 appreciation machine (i.e. one where cashflow positive properties wash away the cashflow negative cash needs) OR even better, you could build net positive cashflow WHILE paying for the cash-hogs.Considering you are looking at "your local area" as a several hundred square mile space, investing beyond that bubble shouldn't be too much of a comfort stretch. 

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But in the 37 weeks since the city has been reopened for filming, FilmLA has processed approximately 5,533 film permit applications spanning 3,789 unique projects.

He has a unique situation where he can either do a traditional wholesale to a off market cash buyer through our local investor network, or go to market with the property and seek a buyer that way.

Below are a few examples.MemphisAtlantaIndianapolisPhoenixLas Vegas - Las Vegas is fairly unique in that it is surrounded by federal land and there is very little non-government land left for expansion.

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I don't know if we'd stretch as much if there was equity.

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Each neighborhood has its own unique qualities in the city.

So I’ve been saving for awhile now I have enough for a down payment, but there are some circumstances that is making my ability to make a decision really hard. I wish to get the help of a professional someone who has ...