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Well, I would have liked my first "I just bought a rental property" post to be a bit more of a brag, but it isn't! I bought an apparently nicely cash flowing property (better than the 2% rule) in a flood zone in the b...
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Hi all, I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I am interested in hearing some of your goals for 2021.
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Real estate investors tend to be goal oriented and have a long term outlook.
Have you set a goal for net worth? Number of units? Equity? Passive income?
What's the number you are shooting for? Is it...
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There was a really great BP podcast a while back where they interviewed an investor who had her renters trained so she wasn’t stuck unclogging toilets and things like that. I can’t remember which podcast that was, but...
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I'm really in an investing conundrum here...About 2 months ago I bought a house, well, manufactured home. Please read the details of that deal here. (It's the second deal.) This isn't a shameless plug for my site, I j...
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Okay first off, thank you to anyone that took the time to read and/or reply to this post.Short story long I am a 34 year-old Auditor working for local government living in Irvine, CA. I've read various real estate inv...
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Hi all - would love to get some initial thoughts from you seasoned pros out there. I live in Thousand Oaks, CA. Median home price is around $980k. There is a lower priced neighborhood nearby - Simi Valley (800k). I cu...
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Post by Austin Fruechting motivated this post.. If you were financially free, and just wanted to splurge money on some new hobby or a toy or activity, what is the fun thing you would do? I will go first.. I am a huge...