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Hello BP. I just wanted to give a big thank you to all the talent we have here in 1 place. Thought I would type up a summary of my first year working on my dream. January 2015- Have been licensed RE broker for 1 year ...
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So my dad is currently 55 years old and has been unemployed for the past 8 months. He's been in the hotel industry his whole life but was let go from his job back in May and is struggling both financially and mental...
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So I have been watching a bunch of videos and reading things on wholesaling after just finding out about it the other day. From my understanding it requires a lot of work and can be harder than youtubers make it soun...
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I realized that I dismissed Oakland / SF / the relatively close area out of hand -- thinking it can't possibly work because the buy ins are too high, and the cash ROI is too low, but I never actually seriously investi...
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A house in (random B class neighborhood) the midwest/south costs 100k and rents for 1200.00 a monthA house in (random B class neighborhood) NYC costs 800k and rents for 2500-4000 a month.Why on earth would anyone wan...
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Savvy real estate investors often like to buy properties that have problems, which can help us snag a great deal. However... not all problems are good. What are some examples of "problem properties" you would never w...