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I'm just curious as to who in here is buying more of the Class-A type single family rentals? After listening to the Tim Shiner episode it got me thinking. A lot of people talk of buying the 30-50K home in Memphis or w...
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This Saturday I awoke early, and got in my car to start my 1 1/2 trip to Philadelphia. Ron LeGrand, the millionaire real estate investor was set to speak. My Real Estate education goes as far as some courses and b...
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A lot of these how-to guys seem to be not really liked much by investors I have noticed.
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All of our rental agreements are month to month. To incentivize people to stay longer, we charge a move in fee that can be added forwards the refundable deposit if they stay over a year. Example: rent is $1000, move i...
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Was it a big name and/or guru like Carleton Sheets, Donald Trump or Robert Kiyosaki or was it your parents, an uncle, a college buddy?
(Seeing as I'm new here; I apologize if this has been discussed before.)
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I was just thinking about the first deal I did a couple of years ago and how it came together.
It was an investor that had bought about 40 homes back in like 2010 and never paid taxes on any of them so it was...
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Long story short, we popped the top on a rancher, and rebuilt the home from the ground up. The GC hired a professional HVAC that he works with on all projects to install the HVAC. The day after settlement the buyers...
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This post has to start with a disclaimer. No one can guarantee returns, and there's a risk associated with any investment. Having said this, it will give those who are curious a rough ballpark of the kinds of returns ...
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There are a lot of discussions on the site about starting out, but I find that those discussions where people share the challenges they went through on difficult deals are the best to learn from.
So . . .
What Was Y...
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I just started listening to the BiggerPockets podcast about a week ago (due to this incoming windfall of cash that I initially didn't have a gameplan for) and I think I’ve powered through 20+ podcasts so far! I cannot...