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Is it smart? Is it high risk? Will you go bankrupt? Is staying with your 401k's and mutual funds the best way to retire?
The reason why I bring up these questions is I had a big discussion with my father in l...
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This is uncharted territory for me. Am I on the right track?Goal: Generate $100k a year net income from rental real estate.Background: Currently own a few SFH’s and a condo from early 90’sI have long term W2 income,...
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I’m just starting out and I was trying to get a preapproval letter so that I could know what price range to start looking in. I was told that I should save up $10,000 before I even consider getting a preapproval lette...
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I am in a strong financial offensive mode in building my cash position right now. I basically work two jobs and save 5k a month. It's really one demanding job and then full time school (the GI Bill pays me to get good...
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There are a lot of discussions on the site about starting out, but I find that those discussions where people share the challenges they went through on difficult deals are the best to learn from.
So . . .
What Was Y...
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I have been communicating with a "private Lender" who is willing to lend me funds for a particular project. Having never met him, I'm looking for advise as to how to check him out for legitimacy. He sent me a copy o...
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Hey everyone! So I've been listening to REtipster videos, the land geek podcasts, and landacademy.com podcasts for quite some time just taking it all in. I've been seriously considering purchasing either the Land Ge...
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Since yesterday a company called Nvidia is valued higher than Apple. Yes, you have read that correctly. 3 Trillion $ market cap. Nvidia is now the second biggest company in the US. Ask 10 random people today about Nvi...
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Ok this sounds horrible but please read it all. I just bought my son and his wife a condo here in miami. My son is a trader, he's 27 years old and he was renting a unit for $6,500/month a big waste of money imo. He...