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Hi there BP!the following is something I feel needs to be written to kind of get a lot of things on the table. First off, a couple of disclosures: 1) I am NOT a millionaire in real estate. I'm just a hard-working d...
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I received a question about profitabilty of being a PM. I thought about it. I've had PMs at times 10% of rents. I'm thinking around here average rents are probably $500, that's $50 bucks plus first months rent.
$110...
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Sooo... I've started doing mailings and the phone is ringing. I've got some (somewhat) motivated sellers. What I'm finding is that when I ask them what they think their house is worth or what they are looking to get -...
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so based on these recent huge tech layoffs in CA, there's structural job changes that due to Fed Interest Rate, tech company can not longer operating in sustainable fashion in CA, so they have to move operation. Eithe...
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I'll keep this short. I bought a property from them for $85,000. After I bought it the property appraised for LESS THAN HALF that amount. On top of that they promised a "fully renovated property" - then a few years la...
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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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