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Happy 2018 Ya’ll!The New Year is a great way to make some New Years resolutions towards advancing you're investment goals! I started my first investment with a 4 flat on the northwest side. I used FHA financing and li...
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I am in the midst of finishing a book on learning to evaluate decision making. It has me curious, what is the best real estate investing decision you ever made? "Best" could mean most impactful, decision you learned...
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Hello! My name is Wes Talbot, I work as a cybersecurity engineer in the DC metro area. I did post here as a newbie once before in late 2019 as I was separating from the Navy (Intelligence Analyst) and starting a defen...
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Economic Update
(Monday, May 10, 2021)
Are you making love less? I thought so. Apparently you’re not alone. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the number of babies born in the U.S. dropped by ...
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I'm 27 and live in Philadelphia, PA. I've been wanting and planning to begin my REI career by house hacking in the Tampa area, so I've been saving money for a down payment and researching the market and area.
Howeve...
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So to start off my first success story on BP I need to send a couple of key shout outs. First I need to say thank you to Josh Dorkin and Brandon Turner of BP. Without this community I would not have found this deal!...
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Economic Update
(Monday, March 29, 2021)
This pandemic has really exposed the fault lines in our workforce demographics. It has exposed the divide between those who can work from home and those who can’t (deemed e...
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We have just two months left this year. What will you get done? Put it out there and we can help hold one another accountable.
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Most of my off-market deals come from real estate brokers. Because of my track record and reputation,brokers come to me before they list their buildings. I follow through and close on every deal I put my EMD on so I n...