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Has anyone here used Andrew Massaro for coaching / mentoring. I have read a lot of articles warning me of certain "keywords" that "gurus" use to sell there products and Andrew says certain things that...well lets j...
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Hi, I am in the process of negotiating a contract to buy a house. I live in California. Today, the counter offer was back with signature said "per phone conversation with seller", signed by seller's agent. I wonder if...
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So, lets say I have a standard wholesale deal set up. I have a seller and an investor. I get the property under contract as per usual, with a financing clause that holds me (the "buyer") free of obligation if I don't ...
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Negotiating the purchase of a real estate asset can seem complicated and overwhelming at times, so this week I interviewed my business partner, Aziz Shunnara, who is an excellent negotiator about some tips for negotia...
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Frustration is building on my first flip. I hired the lowest priced contractor out of three (learning that really is a bad idea) and he claimed he's never taken longer than 5 weeks to do any job and certainly wouldn'...
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Hi everyone,
From what I understand about short-term real estate gains, a way to avoid them is to buy another and do a 1031. Are there other ways to shelter the gains from tax? The amount will be between $30-40k in g...
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Hello BP community! This is my first post, so set your expectations low! Here goes ...Rather than save my way to down payments using my W-2 income, it is easy to imagine how using private loans could accelerate my REI...
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Its illegal to market a property you don't own. That's acting as a broker/agent Market the contract. It's scary when you're starting out in this business, one minute you're on cloud 9, you finally found something that...
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To quickly get my opinion out of the way, I think these things are generally a load of baloney...Here is my situation. I manage a property where the tenant signed with the owner (a few months prior to me taking over) ...
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I am looking at a park that is pretty awful, which too me is exciting because I see lots of potential to take this poorly maintained commercial property and polish it up for some killer profit. My concern is, as the s...