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Hi all,My name is Matt, I am 25, and looking to begin my journey to financial freedom. If there is something I see the most regarding building wealth for retirement, it is to start early. So that is exactly what I a...
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This is a hypothetical situation. Billy has a day job earning $100,000 per year in California. He wants to build a real estate empire in his local market as the king of residential real estate (1-4 units). What value ...
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This question has been asked so many times that I have decided to write up a crash course in analyzing financial statements. You don't need to be a financial wiz to invest in real estate, but you really need to under...
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Hi BP,I'm a new REI (with a focus on buy-and-hold investing) and I'm wondering if this map plan that I have for my future is tangible for: 1) quitting my job BY 30. 2) Living financially stable.My plan is to buy 1 mul...
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This is a long post, but I figured I would post my situation and a decision I am trying to make along with a spreadsheet I made to track financial independence. See link below. You should be able to copy and paste int...
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I sold my house this spring and have $100k to invest. I'm looking for ideas from seasoned investors on how to best invest this capital.I live in Portland, Maine. The housing market is high and bidding wars over proper...
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I guess my question is how accurate do you find the 50% expense rule?
If you gross rents are $2500, a margin of error of 10% on your expenses would result in a $125 difference in cash flow. This might result accepti...
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So we have a 4 family Citibank REO under contract. It is two detached duplexes(upstairs/downstairs units) on one 5000sqft lot. Each of the 4 units, are 3 bedroom and 1 bath. It is not in a floodzone, two blocks from ...
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YOUR ENEMY: To be found on AirBnB with the following qualifications...
1. MUST be Stelf-Managed. If they're using a PM they are NOT competition. In order to make sure.... click on their picture and open up their pro...