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Now that I have your attention, I'm open for suggestions as to how we avoid the inevitable.
I've been reading and studying up on the financial problems that keep growing here in the U.S. Here is an article that has s...
Arizona's Top Water Official: "We're Going To Have To Live With Less Water" "I never thought this day would come this quickly ... But I think we always knew that this day was potentially out there," he said.
Lake Po...
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@Joshua Dorkin , I wanted to ask if you could put together something structured (podcast, extended thread, book, etc) about the 07-08 real estate crash. A lot of us got burned badly during that time so it would b...
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A big dilemma we are dealing with it gentrification and what it means to us. We want to invest in our own neighborhood for many reasons. We want to be close to our houses. We love it here. We love the mix of middle cl...
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I have heard you can accomplish this with a Trust. But how do you make a trust? Now considering I get an REO under contract and plan on wholesaling it and at what point of the transaction do you make it? Before lockin...
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I have been told by a few respected individuals in the community that I am over analyzing the criteria for my list and that I just need to get started. I do agree that analysis paralysis is preventing me from pull...
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It would be interesting to hear stories of what some of you did BEFORE discovering real estate;
Is your life dramatically different NOW? Will you or did you make it your goal to be a full-time investor? Does anyone re...
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One of the questions I get asked a lot by investors who want to invest in Kansas City is, "What zip codes are good to invest in?". Any seasoned investor will tell you that this depends on several factors such as: amo...
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Gas prices are really starting to accelerate with the national average at $3.40, which is historically very high. Oil is only just over $80 a barrel, and I believe $150 a barrel was the ATH several years ago. GDP only...