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Hi all!So I've been talking with my wife about the benefits to real estate investing vs. other forms of investing (stocks, bonds, annuities, etc.). She leans very much towards those forms of investing because it is wh...
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All:I've recently spoken to a few REIA groups in my area about my business and I thought it would be a good idea to share this info in the forums.I've been investing in college student rentals for 12 years and current...
Today, in Sept 2018 the Stock Market is at 28,000. An all time high. The average wage is $26 per hour. It takes 1,077 work hours to “buy the market”. That is, if you buy one share each of the stocks of the Dow, the co...
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We have a Strict cancellation policy but guests are asking for full refunds due to events that are cancelled in the area. We are not in a region of the US that Airbnb recognizes in the extenuating circumstance guideli...
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Hello!I'm new, and still working on understanding analyzing deals. One thing I wonder is if any investors here have calculated how much time they spend per deal, or how much time they spend on management and maintain...
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Airbnb has announced a two-year pilot program in Oregon that eliminates guest names and photos from host screening as a way to see if it combats illegal anti-black discrimination. Airbnb to limit use of travelers' na...
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OK. So - unless you live under a rock, you've by now listened to Podcast 108 featuring Grant Cardone. If you listen between the lines, and you don't have to dig too dip, Grant has nothing particularly nice to say ab...
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Hi all,A little background - (skip to the tldr at the bottom if you get bored) I'm mainly a buy and hold index fund investor. While I'm certainly no finance major, everything I've read about investing has led me to ke...