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I am soon going to receive a decently large cash sum (~3 Mil USD) from a company buy-out in a tech company. There are a lot of ways in my head that I have thought about investing this in real-estate.
Is it more effi...
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What steps would you take if you were in my shoes to start and build a portfolio? I’m interested in buy and hold properties, and I am just curious as to what some more experienced investors would do if they were in my...
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This kind of attitude scares the SH*T out of me!!! “This time is different” are the words scrawled on the wall of every financial bubble - from the South Sea to the DotCom Bust (1.0) to RE Financial Crisis - before it...
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I realize I sound very defeated and that is because I am. I have been investing for seven years and I think I am done. I do complete background checks of criminal, credit, references, income, everything like I shoul...
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I have been following the "Is it possible to get rich" thread, and I got to wondering, "What is my number?" I think we all have or should have a number/goal in mind to think we have it "made". I know it is always said...
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This post/subject, is to help the new guy, and keep him/her from wasting thousands of hours to achieve nothing! So to begin: Is anybody else tired of the "You can start investing in real estate with 0 down" garbage...
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Harvey damaged 203,000 homes in Houston - at least that's the number I read this morning. I'm sure it's going to go up. I read 90% of homes destroyed did not have flood insurance.Irma looks to be headed to Florida. Sh...
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I invest in Houston, Texas. After a few flips and being forced each time to pay the, lets be honest, VERY expensive brokerage fees to gain assess to the local MLS service and for preparation of a few standard (and fr...
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I’m reading the book on long distance investing and it’s on the part about warzones and I’ve never heard of anyone having a great experience investing or managing property in those areas. I read the section 8 bible bo...
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There are a lot of questions about whether or not MFM is a scam. The definition of a scam is a deceptive scheme, act, or operation. From this definition and my experience with the Multifamily Mindset and their employe...