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Welcome to A Skeptical Dude’s Take on Real Estate: a frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another.
Coming at you live from Nashville, TN.
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Is early retirement healthcare crushing your budget? Are you tired of getting your standard two percent raise every year? What do you do when a “friend” borrows money and never pays you back? Some personal finance que...
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Hello! We showed one of our properties to a women yesterday and her 2 kids. She really liked the place and asked if we would be willing to work with child protective services. She said that she is displaced right n...
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Hello everyone, I'm very intrigued by the rent by the room strategy for the cash flow and filling a need for workers who can't afford an apartment. Has anyone tried it for nurses, nomads etc. Do you find that nurses...
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Howdy Gang!been investing full time since 1996. Started young, but went fast250 apartments bought, thousands of non performing loans purchased,over 60 beds in Assisted Living purchased in last 9 months. Several large ...
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Hello fellow Pocketeers, a little background, I am part of an investment team, who operates in the Central Florida area (Polk county, Lakeland, Bartow, Mullberry, Winter Haven, Auburndale) while we mostly deal with tr...
I recently purchased a luxury rental property minutes from Lake Milton and Berlin Lake. This is my first STR even though I have been doing LTR for years. I understand how to create processes for LTRs however I would p...
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I'm new to REI but my professional training is in epidemiology and I'm happy to add value by discussing the outbreak. Obviously, we can't know what the future holds but there are some pretty standard principles in pla...
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Hello all,I'm an out of state newbie investor looking at a couple properties in Rockford, IL and would like to get some local insight and help before I pull the trigger. The properties i'm looking at look good in the ...
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There are a lot of things to think about as a landlord or property manager during what arguably is one of the most challenging times we've seen, or will ever see, in Massachusetts. The outbreak of the novel coronaviru...