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Hello, Folks,I'm looking for others interested in starting up a Joliet-area REIA.Most of the known groups meet up in the western suburbs - Lombard, Elmhurst, Villa Park, even as far out as Crystal Lake. That's a might...
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I'm a software engineer by trade with a wife and 3 kids, one of them nearing college age. I recently read Rich Dad/Poor Dad and it changed my entire perspective. I'm looking to build up an investment portfolio of MT...
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We are real estate developers, licensed in real estate and construction. We don't really work real estate as agents, other than to list and show our own properties, and purchase land for projects. Same with constructi...
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A bit of personal background. I am currently residing in southern NJ, just over the bridge of Philadelphia. I work a typical 9-5 corporate job. I am very new to real estate, just a couple of month. My rental apartment...
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Hi everyone,I have a hypothetical for you and I am new here so I am sure this topic has been previously discussed somewhere in the depths of these forums so forgive me for just outright asking and not diving into that...
Do you believe having a website is mandatory when you begin wholesaling as a new investor and begin your marketing campaign?
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I am new to REI and I wonder if I am too "naive"...? Despite my inexperience in REI I bring a ton of skills and sales ability to the table, and of course I'm willing to dig in, help out, and LEARN. My question is, a...
Hello everyone, I would love your opinion on what you would do if you were in my situation. So the quick breakdown is I live in the SF Bay Area, I have a lead on a fourplex, where the owner want 1.5mm (I'm set at 1.45...
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Do you really end up netting say, 3% (if you pay your boss/broker a monthly fee of a couple hundred bucks to hang your license on their wall) on a purchase and on a sale if you have a license? I was thinking of re...
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Hey all, love the site and the podcast etc. I am looking to get into REI and am trying to find the best avenue possible. - I have 200k in home equity that I could leverage into a max of 140k in a HELOC(approved alread...