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Every investor I meet, I like to ask them about their thoughts on where the real estate market is headed, specifically in California. People seem to give me answers from both ends of the spectrum. Recently, I spoke wi...
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For years now, we have all known that a good portion of the traditional real estate agents job is unnecessary. This is a heated topic for a lot of people particularly if you are an agent. The best argument for the t...
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There are so many positive stories about people starting their investment careers on here and online that aren't painting a completely accurate picture.
Most people are living paycheck to paycheck. The statistics on...
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I do apologize for the long post here, but there’s a lot to get out here.I’m posting in hopes of getting real data and information from folks before making the plunge into my first RE deal. I need a mental adjustment ...
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I want to fire my property manager because I suspect that he "nickle and dimed" me as I am an out-of-state investor.
But, there is a problem. In the management agreement I signed with him, there is a clause that say...
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Hello BiggerPockets, I've been sort of lurking for long time and trying to educate myself, but after doing a little math at the end of 2019 and realizing that from mid-2017 to the end of 2019 our net worth went up abo...
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How should I market myself knowing that I haven't had my first deal? I've been looking for my first deal for 5 months. My question is, should I market my wholesale business as if I am on my 100th deal with a bunch of ...
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Let's say the quick and dirty is, I (like so many) investors had taken too many courses from national speakers in TX, FL (and everywhere NOT in New England), and had still not done a deal. I forced myself to do a dea...
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I'm curious to know especially how the last 20 or 30 points were obtained. If there was any advice you could pass along that would be useful to others. I have good credit in the 770s but I would like to get it over...
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Suppose you want to buy a few hundred acres, and then split them up into individual parcels and build a house on each one. How do you know that the local Zoning Department will allow you to change the zoning? (which I...