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Hey Guys,
I figure I have been lurking for long enough and might want to chime in and ask for some help.
I want to get started in wholesaling very strongly and have had a number of false starts. I have a website up a...
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We've had a brutal winter in Chicago this year! Lots of snow and ice.
So a tenant in one of our building's rents an illegal basement apartment. We bought the building in Oct and inherited the tenant - I didn'...
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It came up a while ago that there are free college classes available from places like Stanford and MIT. There are new ones coming out now in video format which until now had been a short coming with MIT (text and pdfs...
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Have you ever heard of a currency bubble? One could liken it to what happened to Germany after World War 1. The government printed money at an exorbitant rate in an attempt to stimulate the country's economy. Did i...
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A while back there was a helpful thread where people talked about actual, specific experiences with REO's. Many of these stories ended in banks not accepting the offers (which is good information because a lot of peo...
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So..... now that they're including the cleaning fees in the search area as part of the per/night price.... mine look crazy expensive because we allow 1 night bookings. This makes no sense.
If I switch to 4 night or 7...
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The two sayings that have taken me through difficult times in my business:
"This to shall pass," & "The only thing consistent in this business is that it is consistently inconsistent." My new one is "Enjoy the slo...
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First of all, I would like to thank BP and BP community because this deal has BP written all over it. This property was first mentioned in the post on BP here:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/223/topics/15... Afte...
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@Billy L. and several others have asked me why I like the Stockton market, so I figured I'd share my perspective on the market and an example of how I achieve a 13% cash on cash return. I'd love to hear your thoughts....
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Welcome to A Skeptical Dude’s Take on Real Estate: a frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another.
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