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Many people invest in real estate in order to create passive income and eventually become wealthy enough to not have to work a regular job for the rest of their lives.I want to pose a philosophical question. Is there ...
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Hey BP!For the last month I've tried to submerge myself in as much content around this site and other places as I could in order to feel more comfortable with moving forward. I'm at that point now, and would like to s...
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I have been wholesaling since the beginning of the year, but I am still at the point where I have not closed a deal as yet, and looking forward to the day when I can write a post in the "Success stories" section o...
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First time vetting hard money lenders for a flip I have under contract but not closed yet. One potential lender has attractive terms (8%, 2 points, 100% financed, no prepay penalty), but on the phone he has very spott...
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I met with an electrician about upgrading and updating all the electrical at my house.
He sent me the quote the next day and I agreed.
That evening he turned up at my house to collect $500 cash to buy materials.
I sai...
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A tenant was $100 short on the rent and paid me yesterday, the 6th, with the $25 late fee.
I'm thinking, one day, you couldn't borrow $100 for one day from someone to avoid paying an extra $25?
Let's see, $25 inter...
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First off I'll start with my disclaimer:
This is MY version of a "Do it yourself" yellow letter. I know there are other ways to do it and companies that you can pay that will d...
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I've been flipping houses full time now for about 2 years, I did it part time from around 2004 to 2007 and got back in a couple of years ago when I saw and heard that the market was good again for flipping. In my f...
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Will be cashing out soon from a company buyout. I will end up with about $400K cash after taxes. My first impulse is to purchase 4 $200k homes with $100k down on each and rent them out. The thinking behind that is ...
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Just got started with investing and it is a huge stress! Constantly worrying what my tenants might do, worrying about the market, worrying about the value of my unit, worrying if I have enough seed capital to make thi...