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I typically look for the 1% rule based on ARV and an all-in investment of less than 75% ARV. Those are the most important metrics to me. What about you?
Does a college degree help? Should I major in Finance or Real Estate? Both? Or is real life experience better for learning how to invest in real estate? My goal is to do this full time. What is the average time span f...
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This past week when checking on something in the attic of one of our active rehabs, our handyman gave us a call explaining how he had found some pretty disturbing items. When he had been in there a month prior, the pl...
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Hi, my name is Hakeem Valles and I just completed my rookie year for the Arizona Cardinals. I moved to the Tempe area in May after the draft and now that the season is over I am ready to dive into real estate. I have ...
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I'm looking to buy a single family home around Spring 2015 in the Central Valley area of California, namely Turlock, Modesto, Patterson, or Salida. My goal is to buy a home in the $180-$215k range, with no major updat...
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I was debating this the other day with a friend of mine - why is it that investors seem to really be focusing on finding as many deals as humanly possible? It seems like everywhere I turn folks have the strategy of "a...
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The popularity of Airbnb is not to be denied, but will it stay as the only major short-term rental company in the United States?
I live in California and am looking into purchasing a single family house in the Denver area. I have shortlisted 3 Denver suburbs(Littleton, Highlands Ranch and Parker). I identified these suburbs primarily because o...
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I have just purchased my second investment property and fortunately had a slew of applicants. I had no issue sending correspondence to those who did not put applications in however I am having writers block when cons...