This is one of those "If I had known better" posts...It all started in 2007-ish, when I was helping a new student to get a cell phone plan. He didn't have any credit to secure a phone line at Verizon, so I stepped in ...

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) fix & flip investment.

Purchase price: $60,000

Cash invested: $7,400

Sale price: $160,000

This turned out to work out for us, even though our i...

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