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So I've been operating my real estate business for going on 7 years now. My business model is as follows I'm a motivated house buying company and I buy properties in distress or turn key properties and any situation t...
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Hello, i will just post my formula I am know i know nothing and it is just an idea. My idea is to buy hotels with free down payment. Ex. a hotel has 275 rooms on auction starting at 4.75 mil. i also wonder how much h...
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Hello all - I am in the process of building my "team" to hit the ground running in my investing career. Along those lines, I am meeting with a potential tax strategist on Friday. Right now I don't know what I don't k...
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As much as I fought it, I am now on the social media networks. I'm on facebook, linkedin and Twitter, but these are ONLY for business connections. It's not that I have a problem with any one of these social networking...
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Do you only need a portfolio lender after the first 4 conventional loans? Is there any benefit of going with a portfolio lender before the first 4 loans?
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Hi Folks!What's your favourite measure for the return on your investment property and most importantly why?I use a simple ROI calculation on properties that I own already. I'm not sure this is the best way to calculat...
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In the past I had a prospective tenant fill out an application that included drivers license, ss number, and the usual info. Then I manually ran the credit and background through citicredit credit check which verified...
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I'm about to start construction of a two story ADU, 800 soft, in my backyard in the city of LA on the east side of the city. Permits are ready to issue and GC is in place. I'm cautiously optimistic. It's an a relat...
I have a home that I planned to airbnb but now things are picking up in my other business and I just don't have the time to focus on it. I'm trying to decide if I should sell it or just finish the renovations and hold...
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I am wanting to start a real estate wholesale/investing business. I've never done any real estate wholesaling/investing before. The fear of failure is lingering in the back of my mind.
1) how do overcome this fear
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