Today, in Sept 2018 the Stock Market is at 28,000. An all time high. The average wage is $26 per hour. It takes 1,077 work hours to “buy the market”. That is, if you buy one share each of the stocks of the Dow, the co...
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I am just starting to explore the turnkey option of investing, and right away, I am having serious doubts, because it doesnt make sense. It sounds too good ....If a turnkey outfit buys a distressed property at a disc...
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Hi Everyone,
I’m seeking advice on how to get started in real estate investing with a decent amount of liquid funds available to deploy—roughly up to $750K.
Currently, I’m working in the corporate world but looking...
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Who here is a full time wholesaler? If you could go back to the past and talk to the ‘you’ that was JUST starting out before having closed your first deal, what would you tell yourself knowing everything you know toda...
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Hello,I have a contractor that is requesting 50% of what he quoted the job up front. It isn’t a super large sum of money, but I’m curious on what type of things I should do/look for to protect myself. As of now all I ...
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I have bid & won more HUD homes for my investors than I can count, and I use a strategy that I have been hoarding all to myself for several years. A few of you may already have an inside track and are familiar wit...
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In March 2015, we worked through Maverick Investor Group to purchase a property in Birmingham, Alabama. The Seller was Birmingham Income Properties - owned by Brad Lewis and Bryan Conwill. Property Management would ...
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Does anyone here have any experience with REI Nation (formerly Memphis Invest)? We have been interacting with them for the past two months and have had the following issues :-
1. Cash flow negative - On all the prope...
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I just wanted to share in my excitement on another wholesale deal closed with my bigger pockets family. I recently closed on a wholesale transaction all by my lonesome. The reason I'm extremely excited about this dea...
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I've read news reports that say up to 20% of rent has gone unpaid in the last couple of months. I manage 350 units and all but one has paid (we extended grace far longer than normal but now we're in the process of evi...