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People have asked me how I was able to own 1,000 apartment units. It seems impossible and too good to be true.But it's really NO BIG deal. I've been doing this since 1999. Other investors who figured this out actually...
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With an eye to the future, should we really be buying in remote suburbs, or is that like investing in VHS rental shop in a digital age? I’m seeing what looks like a massive urbanization trend.I am a buy and holder. Ot...
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According to Tom Bay’s book, Look Within or Do Without, Harvard Business School did a study on how well its students were doing financially 10 years after they graduated. Here’s what he found:
•27% needed financial a...
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Most advice on BP and all other investor groups focuses on individual experience, anecdotal knowledge, and common wisdom. These things are great, and I have the utmost gratitude for all those who share.
Nonetheless,...
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I was reading about and researching this over and over again, books, IRS pubs, here, elsewhere. I cannot get a conclusive answer even in forums with seasoned CPAs debating this topic.
That much is clear:
- If you hav...
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Hey all,
My names Tyler and i'm 19 years old and have this extreme passion in success, specifically real estate investing.
I give the book"Richest Man in Babylon" by George Classon some credit to this mindset o...
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Just curious as to the tools and organization system different people are using to manage their receipts and paperwork. Admittedly, I'm still using old-school methods of organizing actual paper instead of scanning, s...
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Hello all Need advice (I think), Started in Real estate 3 years ago with 160k liquid cash to begin. I've always had the hands-on I can do it if anyone can mentally so my plan was always BRRRR (fixing ugly homes). Curr...
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Have you ever had a lender tell a prospective buyer of one of your flips that within the first six months of you purchasing, rehabbing and listing the property, they (the lender) wouldn't loan on a property that wa...