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Hey everyone!My name is Jalen. I am a cyber-security engineer from Connecticut trying to escape the rat race known as the 9-5 and start a career in real estate. I am interested in wholesaling, house hacking, rental pr...
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I initially wanted to wholesale since I have very little money, not so good credit, and have been unemployed for several months with just a few weeks left of unemployment income. I began attending my REI club meeting...
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I'm a fairly novice investor, with one rental house (and perfect tenants!) that I've had for three years.
At a local REI meeting, during the 'deals' part of the meeting, a broker stood up and announced that he has a ...
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Well. Many of you have been helpful (THANK YOU!) to me already so I'm going to continue to share my experience. This is my 4th or 5th post since I've begun this process. On Friday, I listed my first property for rent ...
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One of my properties, the best cash flowing SFR, has been vacant for 2 months. I’ve never experienced this huge of a lack of qualified applicants. I’ve started a no animals policy because the dog & human damage fr...
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Hi All,I am a new investor currently living in West Los Angeles area. Since graduating from college in the midwest, I have been working professionally for a handful of years now as an engineer. I've read the books and...
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Driving Directions….your GPS is going to ask you where you are at; and where you want to go.
Let's set both straight in short order in order to get to my question. I'm 37 years old, been in the ministry all my life (...
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I've been watching Opendoor since almost selling a home to them last year, they backed out at the last minute from an offer so crazy I felt certain their future was already written. I ended up selling the deal to Redf...
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I recently acquired a four plex that was fully rented. The tenants in the first unit have consistently been problematic. They leave trash outside their unit, they've clogged the pipes with baby wipes, they smoke pot i...
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I am a 44 year old man with a family and the best of intentions. My 401k is about 14 years old and our 529 started on my daughters 1st B-day. She's going to be 4 soon. My problem is there are SO many choices for these...