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26 February 2019 | 3 replies
@Jake Sink...At the beginning of January this year, a group of us here in Jacksonville that struggle to get to Real Estate meetings in the evening decided to start meeting weekly on Monday at noon through a virtual conference call.
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24 February 2019 | 2 replies
I've had a Virtual Assistant (VA) undertake this on my behalf and forward the prospects.
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22 February 2019 | 22 replies
Yep - I started buying houses for under $5,000 - therein was my wake-up call - my street seminar - the school of "hard-knocks -- guess what - I survived and made some serious profits from junk real estate in Baltimore.Looking back on all those cheap houses, I guess I was fortunate to have very little knowledge and even less money - I had no choice but to learn the creative aspects of investing - I used credit cards, I did subject-to's, delayed settlements, financing companies, tax sales and foreclosures -- I was forced to learn how to fix these dirty dogs - I would get on roofs with Jack-Legs to learn how to do them myself, hanging dry wall, the art of mud, electrical and carpentry ----- WOW was I ever lucky to be unemployed with no money and a force that pushed me to achieve cash flow or equity.
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20 March 2019 | 6 replies
Several large companies have invested millions of dollars into "arts districts" around the downtown area which is helping revive older neighborhoods.
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23 February 2019 | 6 replies
Especially growing from doing the work yourself to bringing on virtual assistants to do lead intake and acquisition managers to handle your offers and closings.
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23 March 2019 | 21 replies
I'm sorry if anyone invested there but I might have noticed this coming when a paper had showed up at my door one day asking for a $40 art tax from each residence of Portland proper.
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25 February 2019 | 3 replies
@Alejo Herrera.....At the beginning of January this year, a group of us here in Jacksonville that struggle to get to Real Estate meetings in the evening decided to start meeting weekly on Monday at noon through a virtual conference call (usually there are 3-10 of us each week).
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4 March 2019 | 18 replies
BUT they had virtually rebuilt this entire home, every wall, window, door, hardwood flooring, siding, roof, all new mechanicals etc etc was meticulously replaced.
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21 February 2019 | 0 replies
I have been trying to educate myself on how to write deals but haven’t really found anything as a virtual wholesaler.
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13 March 2019 | 17 replies
This property over the long term will project virtually no cash flow or negative cash flow.