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I've been obsessed the past decade on trying to understand why some people become financially free, while the majority of the population is living paycheck to paycheck.I just launched a book called Baby Money Soldiers...
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Houston, Do we have a problem?I'm wondering if the market is softening in Houston Texas.Fair warning: I'm new to analyzing. And my information is from realtors web sites. (not raw data) But the data is reported to com...
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I have been browsing post on the Coronavirus and I frequently see comments and posts claiming the government is not protecting landlords and only seek to guard the rights of tenants. I’m not here to debate that, inste...
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Hi fellow BPers!I know you're probably confused why I put this post in the success stories category. Hear me out friends! This is a HUGE personal success to me.I just wanted to share the biggest life-changing (some ca...
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I want to expand my lease option business from my Louisiana base to the Houston, TX area. I want to involve my brother and his wife in the business. I've heard some interesting stories about doing lease options in T...
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So let me preface this with, I go waaaaaaay out of my way to provide the best life and apartments I can for my tenants. I would argue that any property owner, regardless how big or small they are, could compete with ...
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How are we doing here?We Bought 2 matching Duplexes in Feb of 2014 and paid $332,000 (+ closing costs) for both of them.They needed approx $37,000 ($18,500 each) worth of rehabbing and were occupied with tenants pay...