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Hello everyone I am Alan. I am completely new to real estate investing and excited to jump right in. I have been reading books so far to understand some basics and to force myself to learn the language of real estate....
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If you bought a $130K house in a C class neighborhood that needs 50K invested to flip for a 30K profit or $70K invested to cash flow $600 month what would you do? Keep in mind it’s our first flip on our own and could ...
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So, I read a book...and it got me interested in Real Estate Investing. My wife and I were at Chik-fil-A about three weeks ago and overheard two guys talking about Real Estate. She told me I should introduce myself bef...
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My wife and I own a condo in a college town in Utah. We have 4 women renting the condo. Two are students and two are non-students who work in the area. One of the non-students and one of the students are roommates a...
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So my wife and I began building our team last week. We met with a banker to discuss our plan to get into real estate investing. He looked over our plans and helped to clarify a couple of questions we had while confirm...
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Direct Mail has not worked for me. It is a channel (medium) that is too easy to learn (get a list & mail to that list consistently). It "seems" to work if you have the marketing budget, list, and ability to mail h...
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This was my second deal after the house hack I completed in 2018. Going into this deal the mindset was to gain experience and thought of any potential "losses" as tuition to the school of hard knocks. I learned a lot ...
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Adverse Possession Under Texas LawJust because a property has a defective chain of title doesn’t mean you should rule it out right away. Adverse possession can clear title by merely occupying it for enough time. As an...
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Today the mail lady came to give me a certified letter. I signed for it and opened it immediately. It was a letter from Homevestor's attorney. The attorney stated that I was in violation of Unauthorized use of Int...
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Direct mail campaigns don't come cheap. Costs really add up, even if you are outsourcing to a company to do it for you. Then there's the cost of the leads themselves. I go after estate properties and in Philly, those ...