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Intro…Keeping with the spirit of @J Scott 's “Diary of a New Construction Project” where we jumped into a HUGE project that we never really had done before, “Tear a house down and build a new one back”. This adventu...
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Hello BP,
Today I closed on my first wholesale deal and wanted to share the experience with you guys and also hope to encourage others who are getting started to continue their journey and not give up!!!
The Deal: M...
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This would clearly be a very risky move, but has anyone considered buying a vacation rental in a vacation based rental market such a Tulum, Mexico? Unlike certain sub markets in the US that are very hot right now due ...
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Hey All -
One of our upcoming projects is to update our influence system to one that better reflects a user's influence on the site.
We will be transforming the system from the current limitless influence scale to a...
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I was born and raised in CA. It's so heartbreaking to see what is happening to it. A recent poll says that 46% of the people plan on leaving the bay area. Let's do our own poll (FOR CALIFORNIANS or those that recentl...
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I attended the 3day FB seminar in Houston. I thought it was really good! I am considering doing the mastery program. Has anyone been through the program? If so, is it worth the 25k?
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Every day in the forums it's the same thing. "I'm just getting started and I've analyzed a ton of deals (never seen any in real life) in several markets that are nowhere near where I live because where I live there ar...
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I'm listening to a webinar from Phil Grove with a houston meetup that I couldn't attend tonight. Has anyone heard of him and what do you think? I am thinking he is a GURU.
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I'm just curious what y'all think about the general market? Good time to buy or sell? Buyer's market/Seller's market/neither?
I had a discussion today with a Realtor who expects a rough time ahead....what with the el...
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For buy and hold investors out there, how do you guys think about appreciation and how do you factor it in to your buying and selling decisions, if at all? What key factors do you use to measure the potential for appr...