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I’m 17 years old and want someone to point me in the right direction of what I can do NOW in order to prepare myself for a future in real estate investing. I’ve been readings books and watching videos for months so fa...
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Hi Everyone, Wow! We've gotten a ton of interest in this topic, thank you. I really appreciate all your input - it will go a long way in helping BP to continue to improve the site and help our community. Thank you all...
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Good afternoon everyone, I have been meaning to put my business plan on paper for sometime and I have a rough draft finally complete after a few hours of reading and thinking about it. I would appreciate any constr...
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My business partner Nate Barger sent me a text message expressing gratitude for what I've done to help him. Last Friday, he closed on his dream home - a multi-million dollar home in Mason, Ohio (suburb north of Cincin...
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A friend of ours owns and operates a successful construction company and he also flips. He wants to borrow $30K from us and he would pay us back within 30 days once his other flip closes. He would use the money to sta...
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Hey y’all currently in the process of renovating a 5B 3B house for rent. My original plan was just to flip this like everything else. I recently heard about residential assisted living facilities. Has anyone actually ...
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I grossly underestimated maintenance and make ready costs for my KCMO portfolio. Operating costs are through the roof and net income is non-existent in my first year of business. I started with 2 SFH turnkeys which ha...
Job situation currently:Quick background, running an IT business for 3 years now, makes about 150-250k gross per year, struggle to find the right employee to help so it takes my time m-f 8-5.
Location: Central Cal...
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I speak a few times a year at different real estate industry events and even a few entrepreneurial conferences. For the past couple of years, after noticing a really disturbing trend in the marketing practices of Tur...
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Is there demand for loan origination for seller financed transactions across the country? We defiantly have the demand here. The benefits out weigh the expense and headache for us to become licenced and complian...