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Economic Update
(Monday, January 25, 2021)
There aren’t many people—apart from, say, Elon Musk—who are going to look back fondly on 2020. It was a year of illness, pain, uncertainty, an...
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I'm at North Seattle Community College all day for a Peter Harris, Commercial Property Advisors, boot camp. I have been a student of Dave LIndahl (best $1,000 I ever spent) and was at REAPS listening to Anthony Chara...
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Home prices dropped in 2008 and I heard a story from a colleague of mine that they lost their house because their home was not enough collateral for the loan. So my question to all my BRRR and 2008-era investors - ho...
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Hi Everyone!I appreciate and look forward to everyone's feedback.I am looking to get into real estate investing in Pittsburgh, PA. I don't want to invest more than 15-20k. With my capital being limited, I have taken i...
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So I just ran the numbers on a potential rehab property. Purchase = $310,000. Rehab = $80,000. ARV = $499,000.My profits before realtors commissions = $71,585. After deducting $29,940 of commissions, profits = $41,645...
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Been licensed since March 2011, been reading book after book on real estate investing & gone to 3 different seminars (including the REI Summit in Orlando 3/09). I'm trying to get my start in the area of Real Esta...
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