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We asked: What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started in Real Estate? Top 9 pieces of the Real Estate puzzle are:1-Potential for helping others.2-Use leverage to keep cash in your pocket for the unknown....
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Hello, I am new to real estate investing, although I have purchased 4 homes. None of them were turned into investment properties except one that ended up a loss due to market crash and imbalanced rent to mortgage rati...
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How many of you are sitting on your cash and waiting until there's a downtown in prices? Curious to see what you all have to say.
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@Joshua Dorkin , I wanted to ask if you could put together something structured (podcast, extended thread, book, etc) about the 07-08 real estate crash. A lot of us got burned badly during that time so it would b...
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Hey guys, I was wondering what people's thoughts were on the existing market here in Wisconsin as well as the United States as a whole. I've been told from numerous people that the market is hot and how it's a sellers...
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Everyone who weathered the 2008 crisis knows it's very important at this time to make sure not to over-leverage on rental property. What is safe? I've heard 65% LTV should allow pretty much any investor to ride out t...
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So we all know housing will dip/drop at some point. What happens to your equity in situations when you put down 5% vs when you put 20% down?- Buy a 500k house and put 5% down (25k) and the next day housing prices cras...
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Hi everyone,
Good afternoon! I wanted to post a question to this forum.
I'm from Venezuela, living in Miami with my family. For many years, I've been studying and following this community to dive into the world of ...
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I generally buy homes that are not on the corners of busier roads (I like to be nestled back in the neighborhoods, like most home owners.) I've got one rental, however, that's on a corner lot on a two lane road tha...
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All over the financial news I read talk about the upcoming financial recession. Some people think it is "just around the corner", some think it will be in early 2020, and others thing its a long way off. All of them...