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I am about to put my first home on the market for rent. I have been reading and researching strategies and business plans for beginners entering the real estate market and feel that I have a descent grasp on the basic...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $8,001
Cash invested: $34,500
I am holding on to this property for a rental. If I were to sale it it would sale for...
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I've heard about a landlord that built a small coin operated self-serve car wash at his apartment complex for tenants and neighbors to use. I heard he did well. Does anyone have experience with this or a story to shar...
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I'm looking at HUD home tomorrow, pre-bid.In what I assume was an attempt to filter me as a serious buyer the realtor informed me that he has seen cracks in the drywall, bricks, and tile work in the house. I am makin...
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Hi Everyone, I am conflicted on the current state of my real estate investing journey and wanted some external opinions on the matter.
I currently have three properties. One primary in Orlando with good equity and t...
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I guess we are luckier than a lot of beginners. 30 yr old from Kentucky. I own my own equine massage business and my partner is a nurse. We sort of fell into being landlords and started out with two condos in Lexingto...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Durham.
Purchase price: $60,900
Cash invested: $9,694
This is the one that started it all! I told my wife that I wanted to finall...
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I have a plan to take out 20 k from my retirement fund to take care of Debt and fix credit. The rest of the money I want to put towards raising the value on my paid for home and then use that for equity to have more m...
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Hello again,My wife & I have one rental here in Las Vegas. She’s got a full time job, as do I & I side hustle selling real estate locally. Our first son is 2 & the idea is to buckle down & invest har...
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I am only a few years away from retiring and use passive income as my source of passive income when I get there. The process to create a portfolio of properties was not easy, took a lot of learning, getting educated a...