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Is it worth paying thousands of dollars to hire a mentor if you do single-family investing (buy-and-hold or house flipping)?
Hello everyone - hope I'm in the right place.Looking for guidance on approaching a mixed-use investment property in my area. My background: I purchased 2 duplexes (I'm house hacking one of them) at the beginning of th...
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After hearing the Rock Thomas episode I looked into M1. The concept makes a lot of sense but paying $700 a month to network is quite the cost/commitment. Anyone on here taken the leap of Faith? I would love to hear fr...
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Is anyone familiar with or had any experiences, good or bad, with the following mentoring programs, specific to the Atlanta area: Clever Investor out of Arizona, Vekselman Coaching in Atlanta, or Freedom Mentor out of...
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I know many people believe it is very important to have a mentor when you start the business. My question is, is it smart to pay for one? I have seen a few people who believe each way but I thought it would be best to...
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New to real estate investing and am looking for a local mentor. I was turned off by the local REIA chapter and am seeing a lot of the "Guru" types on Instagram which is a hard pass for me. I ran into Ryan Kuhlman's ...
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Hey All,So... we have been getting a ton of questions about land development recently. I have a feeling its because there is such a housing shortage and the flips just are not as good as they used to be. I am curious ...
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My wife and I made the decision to become Real Estate Investors. We are resourceful, energetic and committed to success. Considering this is a new career and market for us we are committed to making the investment in ...
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I know many people will say that coaching/courses arent necessary, and I can understand that. I do want to ask though, out of all the coaching programs out there, are there any that people would say bring an appropria...
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I flipped a home in Arizona and wrapped 60K rehab funds in the HM loan. Is this a expense or is it counted as a gain at close? If it is a expanse what IRS publication addresses this item? I count cash in and cash out...