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Hi All,9 months ago i decided i wanted to invest in real estate and i'm finally taking action and got my first investment under contract (home inspection next week). I've run the numbers but would love to hear what p...
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Cut my teeth on some SFR/ small multi deals in Florida over the last 6 years. Scaled a STR arbitrage biz to 7 rentals and then folded it. Always part time on the side of jobs/ businesses. Now ready to jump into CRE - ...
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The other day I was having a discussion with some associates about the upcoming Presidential Election, and one of them brought up the Democratic Candidate Andrew Young and his Universal Basic Income Plan called "The F...
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This discussion was cropping up in another thread about a different topic, and I wanted to hear more feedback from other members about what they prefer. As a primer, I am going quote @Rich Weese contributed as I find ...
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If you'd like to follow along and watch as my partner @David Ross and I flip a Brewerytown row home, the link to our blog is below. I'll also post pictures and updates in this thread but I won't replicate what David h...
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I needed to take a little break. I have been spending hours preparing for a tax sale that will be held this Wednesday. I was wondering how does everyone else prepare? I wait till the last notice has been published giv...
"Oh, THAT neighborhood? It's definitely going to be the next Lawrenceville."
I hear this said ALL. THE. TIME. And yet somehow it always seems to be a different neighborhood. Sure there's some overlap in answers. But ...
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Hi all, I've done 2 flips so far, and I have a question which might be related with law-side about doing business with handymans.I recently finished one flip with my handyman and he delayed kind of every time for each...
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I was looking for advice on starting out in being a successful real estate investor (with no capital) years back and ran across a few people who gave some of the best advice I have ever received for that scenario: BE ...
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Hi everyone! So I've heard about the 1% rule & 2% rule (or guidelines) when purchasing a rental property: the monthly rental rate should be 1%-2% of the total amount you have in the property to make it a good inve...