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What activities qualify for the material participation tests for making your short term (<7 day on avg stay) active instead of passive income/loss? I'm taking the "I contributed 100 hours and nobody contributed mor...
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In my opinion, setting specific goals and evaluating progress are critical elements in developing a profitable real estate investing firm! 🙌
There are various levels of goals, and here are some examples:
Company Obj...
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Just got the email from Max. Wow this sucks. Closing the doors 2/9. Â
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My husband is retiring & we are moving to another state early 2023. We would like to sell our 3-yr-old home to an investor since rentals are common in our subdivision. The house next door is exact same model as ou...
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has anyone used a VA from upwork or another website to make cold calls to FSBO's? At $8-10/hour I would like to pass the initial call/appointment setting off to a VA to free up some of my time. Any tips for using this...
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One of the biggest challenges that many have in acquiring deals is finding off market properties.Like to hear the opinions of people on here what are their strategies? For example, do you get lists and do mailers or c...
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I live in California and own single-family houses in Johns Creek and Alpharetta, Georgia. I'm considering turning them into short-term rentals, but I'm unsure how to manage the cleaning team from a long distance. Has ...
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Last November I made my first purchase near Killington, Vermont (MLS 4399845) with the intention of doing vacation rentals. Total newbie, didn’t know a thing except that I had a friend that owned a condo in the same b...
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Predicting what the real estate industry will look like beyond 10 years is hard, but I can safely say this: Within the next decade, real estate agents will no longer be showing homes – with exclusion of the luxury mar...
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Don’t mistake speculating for investing
I was watching Superbowl 2021 with a few friends and cheering for the Buccaneers. I live in Tampa bay and it felt good watching Tom Brady score touchdown after touchdown. Dur...