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2 July 2018 | 6 replies
My wife and I became accidental landlords when we received orders to move away from the home we purchased in Colorado Springs, and kept it as a successful rental property.
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9 February 2017 | 5 replies
Not sure what you're meaning by accidental wholesaler, unless you have a buyer in mind for the 3 single family houses and intend to get them under contract and assign that contract to your buyer for a higher price..
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2 November 2016 | 13 replies
I've been a homeowner for 5 years and was an accidental landlord for two of those 5 when I decided to move back home and pay off my student loans.
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20 January 2017 | 2 replies
Hopefully your first accidental investment is going well ;) If you're looking to get your hands dirty on some of the rehab or management aspects of REI, turnkey may not be for you.
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6 April 2018 | 2 replies
;)Don't hold back on the site with asking your questions and pressing into your areas of concern or confusion.
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22 July 2019 | 10 replies
My guess, is that if your company is like most, you'll be hard pressed to have a career that provides you a salary that ever exceeds $100k.
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17 September 2021 | 1 reply
The day before I purchased my first investment I had no intention of ever becoming a real estate investor...
Facebook notified me this morning that it was 8 years ago today I began my real estate investment journey w...
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14 February 2020 | 22 replies
Shows that people's experiences can be very geographically and socially different.Apologies, tried to vote for your post but accidentally sent an invite to something!
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10 June 2019 | 5 replies
I would engage the building the department early on in the project and keep them in the loop so you don't accidentally do something that upsets them.
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5 January 2018 | 15 replies
It may be better to go with a 203k loan if I’m not pressed for time.