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I posted this in the member blogs last week, but wanted to get some more eyeballs on it.As many of you know, Mister Money Mustache (MMM) wrote a blog post entitled The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Early Retirement th...
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Hi,I was reading an article a few days ago that said 40% of Americans can't come up with $400 if they had an emergency. I couldn't believe almost half the country is that broke. The median household income is 60k, so ...
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Hi everyone,First post ever here. My wife and I are early on in our real estate investing journey and looking to grow our portfolio. We are based in Texas and recently saw an early 1900s historic property come onto th...
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Ken McElroy says sell off all of your non cash-flowing assets; the market is not great; I must invest out of state; and I only have a HELOC, costing me 8% to use as a down payment. What the heck do I do, who do I trus...
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I am starting a new rehab and was considering applying for a Home Depot commerical credit card. The reason was two fold. The first being I can build credit for my LLC. The second being I could use any financing dea...
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I’m curious on knowing what’s your vision of the ideal mastermind group?
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I own a rental townhouse that is governed by an HOA (yes, I know many people don’t like to buy houses in HOA communities, but where I live there is little choice).When I purchased the home almost 4.5 years ago, the pr...
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Since I started educating myself on real estate as a way to invest my money, I have had LTR in the back of my mind. Realistically thinking about what is my goal with RE, I have come to the conclusion it isn't to retir...
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Hi everyone!
I am Laura and my now husband and I have been spending the last couple of months learning as much as we can about REI.
We live in NJ and we were in Philadelphia for a good numbers of years for college.
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I live in SF Bay Area, CA, and have a fancy tech job that I enjoy (at least I did before COVID). Have about $8k a month to invest in real estate after maxing retirement accounts thanks to high income and modest lifest...