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Hi everyone thank you for hopping in
briefly, I just wanted to depict how I entered the business of short-term/vacation rental. I am an ambitious retired network engineer who started that career after closing down m...
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I am an architectural designer looking to get involved in the real estate investing world and find this group to be so inspiring! I have yet to jump in as I am working towards gathering the funds and learning more abo...
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I have been constantly trying to do research on prospective countries and to see what type of real estate is hot in certain markets/counties and possibly not in others. I have been looking into Latin America mostly bu...
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There're only four metro that experienced double digit appreciation YTD.2. Cleveland, OH3. Columbus, OH4. Milwaukee, WIand number one is San Diego,CA.Highly surprising that San Diego is the highest appreciation metro ...
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Just curious what other investors think. Is this just another hype deal or is this a new reality for possible rent collection?
Side note, I tried to sell a house for bitcoin in 2013 with no takers or even one response.
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Okay, I admit it:While I do have a pretty good income, I also have higher expenses than most people. But with 20k a month, is a mortgage payment on my primary residence of $3,500 really that big of a deal? (Especially...
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The global real estate market is expected to grow from $2,687.5 billion in 2020 to $2,774.5 billion in 2021 at a compound annual growth rate of 3%. The transfer of wealth that occurs throughout real estate...
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With all the money being printed out by the government, what is everyone's plan as far as changing their criteria now to prepare for the next couple years with the projected major inflation?
My LLC, which generates income from currency investments, wants to buy an investment property. Not for rental, but private occasional use. Will eventually sell it for profit one day. My main question is can the LLC ...
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I'm honestly not sure what forum category to post this so I will start here, and thank you in advance for any directioning and assistance. My wife's childhood home in the Philippines is now in her name and it is sitt...