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6 February 2016 | 12 replies
To be more successful, you simply have to work on the other elements to progress your REI pursuit.
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14 December 2015 | 2 replies
To be more successful, you simply have to work on the other elements to progress your REI pursuit.
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15 December 2015 | 5 replies
To be more successful, you simply have to work on the other elements to progress your REI pursuit.
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20 December 2015 | 13 replies
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16 December 2015 | 17 replies
My suggestion would be to not enter a deal until you have enough saved to make monthly payments for an extended amount of time.
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17 December 2015 | 7 replies
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20 December 2015 | 10 replies
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17 December 2015 | 25 replies
With that being said and your post requesting a focus on partnerships, here are a few things to consider as you move forward.1) Do you need a partner - or are you simply looking for accessible forms of investment capital that will allow you to acquire properties with minimal hassles, given the underwriting requirements of most institutional/Fannie Mae lenders.
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15 December 2015 | 2 replies
The problem for me is that I do not have the capital to enter these gateway markets with my return expectations.
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16 December 2015 | 8 replies
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