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Hello, Chicago is an expensive market; as a new investor in real estate I'm considering investing out-of-state. Particularly I am looking into investing in a rental in my old college town of Ames, IA (Go Cyclones!)Doe...
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First of all, I want to thank everyone for their contributions to this site. Reading here and doing research is the only reason I’m confident enough to consider getting into rental properties (and hopefully build long...
I have a large sum of seed capital from REI available for further investments. What percentage of my seed should I utilize on startups, compared to reinvestment into real estate? I would like to diversify, and I hear ...
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Hi everyone!I'm looking to purchase my first rental property via live in house hacking and renting out the other unit of a two family in Lakewood, OH. Down unit is 2/1, and the upper is 3/1. I haven't seen the propert...
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Seems the majority of homes in my target price range of under 150k are mobile homes in a community. I plan to rent the property. Mainly wondering if its a good first "type" of house to buy. Being that it seems more su...
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Educating myself for the rest of 2018, and scheduled to begin my new life mid January.I am looking for people that may be more ahead in class. I am a quick study, and I like starting from the floor. Individuals, new b...
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Aloha all,I am in an interesting situation and really want to move towards my dream of renovating/flipping homes.I am currently a project engineer for a GC. I was recently (2 months ago) relocated to Maui, bought a co...
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I've quit paying the HOA dues on one of my rental townhouses. According to some of the posts in this forum, I'm making a big mistake, but...
Our HOA board has quit having meetings, quit doing maintenance on commons,...
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I'm at a point where fear and embarrassment are taking over. I'm starting out in wholesaling and I have some marketing strategies ready to be deployed, however, for some reason, I feel like I've hit the wall of self-...
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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 ...