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Please help me look at this deal. I am getting really close to my first purchase. Have been learning all I can here, but feel nervous about my interpretation of how to analyze a deal and I know many of you can do i...
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Here are my results after about $67K worth of direct mail cost in 2014. It would be awesome is we could have everyone who has sent more than, say, 5,000 mail pieces, to post their REAL WORLD results as well. Collect...
Hi all, I'm interested in how effective cold calling has been for your wholesaling? It seems that with a good skip trace service like nexislexis, TLO or even locateplus you could call your target market for much much ...
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Should a contractor receive 75% up front or should they be paid in smaller increments?
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In June, I bought a 3 bedroom/1 bath SFH in Lansing, MI on short sale for $20,000 that I am now renting. I was able to find conventional financing from a bank, getting a 30-year loan at 4.79%. I'm currently gearin...
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Hi y'all! Despite the dour tone of this post, I'm a genuinely happy person. I half-need to vent, and half-need some help. This isn't me looking for a hand-out or a pity party. I need good, solid advice how I can m...
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Hi all,
I'm just starting to dive into all the great info here and I would like to start looking for properties to buy and hold for cash flow.
I live in San Diego, CA and from what I can tell, it seems ...
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So what would you do?I purchased a value-add, 4 unit in Columbus Ohio last year. The building was completely occupied with rents way below market. A few months after buying the property we submetered all the utilities...
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I'm new to these forums. A few months ago, I read Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad, Poor Dad. After that, I bought and read a lot of the other books in the Rich Dad series. I then began reading real estate books from oth...
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Hi Flippers,
I have staged all my flips except one and have had great results. The cost is not cheap and I have looked at other alternatives but seem to always come back to the same company because of there high qua...