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I often get asked the question “If you could give your younger self advice, what would it be?” While there are certain lessons that I feel like it was important to learn along the way to truly make me a successful, re...

I am in the middle of my real estate agent classes and I am starting to look at local brokerages with which to hang my license. I intend to get into the real estate business slowly and will not be leaving my 9-5 anyti...

We all started somewhere and I thought it might be interesting to see what everyone would have changed from now until they first started investing. It would also be a good thread for investors just starting out to re...

Investment Info:

Single-family residence fix & flip investment.

Purchase price: $850,000

Sale price: $1,250,000

Off market owner was in financial distress and walked away with $200k after all his...

We have a 2 bedroom unit renting month to month, 2 tenants that are friends in the unit, total rent $1060/mo. Tenant #1 just gave their 30 day notice, she will be moving out of the unit May 9th. The other tenant #2 wa...