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17 March 2018 | 13 replies
So, a couple follow up questions.Does spending 750 hours or more flipping houses potentially qualify me as a real estate professional?
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3 February 2020 | 4 replies
The sales rep, Lindsay Caldwell, told me the number of leads per zip I would receive (43) for the spend I was willing to do ($3,000 a month).
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26 September 2018 | 25 replies
If you're spending $4,000 in rent per month, how much would you be spending if you buy something?
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7 March 2018 | 10 replies
@Beth TeutschmannKeep in mind there are many other ways to buy or control real estate.
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7 March 2018 | 5 replies
This would be a big deal for me, and it's way more money than I thought I would ever spend.
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9 April 2018 | 2 replies
Before I spend too much time looking and researching in specific areas I want to make sure I'm not gonna run into any huge obstacles along the way.
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7 March 2018 | 9 replies
Spend that time learning instead and waiting for the better buyers.I get contacted daily by buyers in the commercial space.
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2 April 2018 | 7 replies
So adding your own capital to reduce debt is fine.However, if you take out more debt in an equal purchase then that automatically means that you are not spending all of your proceeds.
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19 April 2018 | 21 replies
Paralysis by analysis - spending too much time overanalyzing and missing out on the deals
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31 December 2019 | 9 replies
If utilities are individually metered, if there's deferred maintenance, etc. all of the way down to what you think it will cost for quarterly pest control.