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Any recommendations on podcasts/books on buying a business with the underlying real estate?My husband and I are looking at buying a waterfront restaurant along with the a little over 4 acres. I work in CRE in my day j...
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Does anyone have a secret to buying materials?? We buy as we go...sometimes using the same materials for multiple projects! I am looking for a good online retailer, or advice on how to buy home improvement materials i...
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I'm curious if anyone out there has any tips, hacks, or relationships with contractors who get materials cheap. Any experienced house flippers here that have found ways to get bulk discounts other than buying material...
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What study material did you'll use to pass the state and national exam.....I heard Mosley has great study info..
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I would like to know if anyone has had experience doing this in the San Francisco Bay Area and can recommend a contractor that won’t cost an arm and a leg.Thanks.
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Hello.
I am just getting started and would like to know if it is a bad idea not to use a return address on yellow letter or postcards...ect.
Within the letter I would have an untraceable phone number which would...
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Looking for suggestions BPI am doing a commercial project that I will break ground in the coming months. In working with the GC we have chosen, we have been able to reduce some costs to maximize profitability. That be...
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I have a contractor who claims some wire and can lights were "stolen". The cans had been sitting in the garage for weeks and he called me today to tell me 8 are gone and 2 are remaining as well as 2 rolls of wire. The...
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What is the difference between REPS hours and material participation hours? My understanding is that material participation are hours that you are actively doing for your properties (day to day and trying to improve t...
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Hello,I have read the requirements to qualify for material participation on an STR, but I only see info on hours/ work preformed. Are there stipulations on having a full time job, or a threshold of how much income you...