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Hi there! I'm from Colorado. My wife & I are headed to Idaho in August. We are going to make our trip part business, part vacation. What areas are great for work/life as a young family, we will potentially move th...
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Military men and women - As I get closer to my own retirement I am continuously thinking about how I can make my own transition to a civilian life as easy as possible so I am trying to step up my game to do that. Howe...
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I tell this to my kids all the time...these are rich people problems. The issue: when you reach a point of growth and yet can't offload any tasks without detriment.
The backstory - I am a 55yo single mom to 5 kids ag...
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Hi,I am new to real estate investing and need some advice. I have been driving around and taking notes of houses that are vacant/distressed. One house I found, I looked up the owner information and it was an elderly...
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Hi All! I'm new to real estate investing and want to get started with house hacking. I recently moved to Denver, CO, and have been thinking about purchasing my first property and use the house hacking strategy to get ...
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I have a 36-unit property under contract in Columbus, OH. It's built in 1963 and has the old Federal Pacific electric panels. The inspector said they present some fire hazard and some insurance carriers will not ins...
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Hello,We are new here and happy to be part of the community! My husband's parents (55+) are moving to another city (Temecula, CA) and are selling their home in Riverside, CA, valued at $915K. We love this house and wa...
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Navy veteran trying to one day quit my job. I live in Crest Hill IL just outside Joliet or about 45 mins drive to Chicago. I've worked for the VA for about 10 years. I used my VA loan about 7 years back to buy a sin...
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We are trying to find a good market for a long term buy and hold SFR 3/2 and looking to get something around 100k using traditional financing in at least a B- neighborhood. The numbers don't make sense in our market ...
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Ok so I grasp how whole life works.
But in order to use it correctly should I have a lump some ready to put in on first payment.
Example 50k policy 4% return 2k first payment required monthly after that is $35
So...