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The end of the year is a good time to reflect on where you started and where you ended up.
I’m always impressed by the intrepid rookies who are featured as Rookie Rockstars on the Real Estate Rookie podcast. Now I’m ...
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Several years ago, I became friends with a young woman who was just getting started in real estate. She became a real estate agent, and then started learning about renovation. She bought her first house, flipped it, a...
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Hi all,
I have 8 properties (16 units), and have grown a lot in the past 18 months. For 19 years, I've "kept books" with highly organized "paper system" which (while SOOOO 1990')s was at least a logical and organiz...
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More of the same stuff that we discuss frequently. This host is calling for a national 'boycott'....https://www.businessinsider.co...
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Starting a vacation rental business is a potentially great way to grow personal wealth, even if you aren’t a homeowner or if you have bad credit. Making the business successful and maintaining good ratings, however, r...
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I've read a lot about people buying and holding in the rust belt and have been doing some basic research into the areas. I've been leaning towards buy & holds in OH or IN, and looking at certain areas that cash fl...
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Big howdy from east TX!
I love this forum; my wife hates it. Sometimes I'll dive into BP as soon as I get home from work, and then in a little while I'll look out the window and realize it got dark like 3 hours ago....
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I'm a new member here on the forum and have a couple questions about SDIRAs and SD-401ks. I'm just starting my career as an active duty military member but I also independent contractor work as a flight instructor...
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Does anyone use a syndication management software program for investor reporting? I could piece something together with Excel and Quickbooks but was wondering if there was a better option out there for this.
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So, I've got a full time job and an employer matched Simple IRA that I contribute to. I'm also a real estate agent and investor, and I have read some things about a Solo 401k plan, that I may be able to start and fun...