Hi all,I'm wondering for those of you in Houston who do your own marketing, what is your average cost of marketing to acquire each off-market SFH deal, and what's the average spread you've been capturing vs retail (af...
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I know a lot people talk about analysis paralysis in investing, but I had the opportunity to experience it last week. All I had to do was simply post my first Craigslist ad, but for whatever reason I froze and started...
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When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you will be successful! --Eric Thomas--That quote reminds me everyday to push myself harder and harder so with every passing day I am that much closer to f...
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Has anyone built multifamily as a first investment? If so would they start that way again and how would an investor be compensated on property intended for cash flow
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So for the last year or so, I have been thinking more about physical health. I’ll be 50 in less than a year. Overall I do not personally know any active, long-term investors that actually smoke. Maybe they are there I...
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Hello!I'm planning to move to the Seattle Area (probably Tacoma or Bremerton) next summer and would like to invest in a small multifamily property (either single family home with ADU or a duplex) soon after I move. I...
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I'm curious. Are people in this group early risers (a.k.a. before let's say 630am) or more night owls for hustling multifamily investments?Me personally, I have been implementing better habits in the morning so that I...
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We all know change is a MUST for any type of success. Change is usually painful, but as the old refrain goes NO PAIN ! NO GAIN. What is something you have had to change to get from Point A to Point B. What do you t...
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In real estate investing "OPM" is thrown around so much like it's just some magical thing. You just wish for it, and it shows up on your lap. It just doesn't magically appear. Yet in everything, it gets tossed around ...
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We were quoted a cost of roughly 300k for a particular company to do the architectural and engineering work on a 100 lot 50 acre subdivision. I am still new to all of this but that seems extremely high, considering th...