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I live in San Diego. I'm 32 years old. My parents finally after 10 years of me suggesting, bought a house so I could rent directly from them. It's a four bedroom. They want $2400 in rent so obviously I wanted to have ...
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Your First Year as a Real Estate Investor:
From:
Matt H
South of the North Saskachewan River
Tuesday 5:37 a.m.
Dear Friend,
It's way too early to be up and writing to you...
But in a few hours I'll be working on s...
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It's the start of a new year and the end of my first year of real estate investing. Just wanted to quickly share my story and hopefully inspire some people :)Literally 13 months ago, I had 0 interest or education abou...
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There are so many real estate investing "rules" that seem to work a lot of times but following them "blindly" will make you lose out and overlook a ton of investing opportunities.For example, I've heard of the rule th...
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My “why” for started in this business is to financially support my daughter college tuition, room and board plus books and other expenses associate with college. Later expands to annual cruise travels and vacation hou...
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Pretty much any house you walk into in America has compression shutoff valves at the water line hookups under every sink and behind every toilet in the house. These compression valves where never designed to last. The...
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I need some input for a SF specific situation that no one but those who knows the tenants laws in SF could possibly understand:I purchased a 1 bdrm TIC to live in, moved back home temporarily (so I thought) when my mo...
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What's your financial freedom #? How do you plan to get there? And how far are you now?To clarify, this is based purely on passive cash flow. Meaning, how much money comes to your mailbox each month without having to ...
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So I totally get the numbers. It is a fantastic deal, especially for a beginner. But beyond the numbers, I'm wondering what it's really like. What kind of people choose a duplex/triplex/fourplex over an apartment o...
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This post was just inspired by @Jason Scott who just posted on FB how most people will never achieve $10 million, $100 million net worth etc (and theres nothing wrong with that) (Also, in like a decade on here Ive nev...