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Hey everyone, I'm a 24 year old Software engineer that's always wanted to get into real estate, I graduated college about a year and a half ago and wanted to hit the ground running when graduated. I moved to North Vir...
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Curious question. Wondering what the thoughts are out there about investors who are also renters. Anyone? We're looking at going back to renting yet, wish to continue on our investing ventures.
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Curious out there what people use as a general rule for how leveraged they are. How comfortable you are with debt. Do you have 401K loans? Would you cash out a Roth IRA? Do you use HELOCs off your primary? For...
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So the word is getting out.... Stage two bubble is here, but I'm curious about my neck of the woods. Have any of the Florida realtors notice a slow down in the past month?
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Here in Orange County, CA we are in the middle of a sellers market, with sales at the highest level in 9 years. Inventory is down, prices are up. There's also been an uptick in new jobs with many companies hiring, whi...
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My colleague Nick Ikonomou and I share some common beliefs about the traits which are found in virtually every successful person - especially in real estate investing. Nick shared them with his friends, and I am now d...
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How cool about last weekend. Somewhere around 100,000 people (or 200K, or 300K or 50K) Showed up for a rally. Non political, non denominational and people found their OWN transportation. What a concept.
Even a ML...
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The other day after work I got to my car and started checking my phone to respond to emails, check BiggerPockets and LinkedIn. After a while I realized that I had been sitting in my car responding to those in the real...
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I had a rental house in Kansas City come vacant in January and hired a handyman ..in process of trying to become a contractor (he had recently formed an LLC company)... to replace some tiles and paint...simple job and...
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I'm a relatively new private investor and have begun experimenting with the crowdfunding sites, to get into a wider variety of deals at a lower contribution if the terms and restrictions turn out to be viable, or a...