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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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BP Community,I recently did my first private money deal (as a lender). The borrower is someone I know personally, and we intend to do additional deals together in the future. We stumbled through this first one togethe...
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Ok. We are in deflation now, and we don't know how long it is going to last.
Because of our government, we know that eventually interest rates, taxes, and inflation are going to go up, up, up. The most important pri...
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I've recently become involved in an HOA that is really struggling. It is a high foreclosure pocket and there are now many vacant units and non-paying owners. Only about half of the owners pay the dues. We've lost o...
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The property management company I work with in Michigan wants to charge me $250 for a renewal of a lease. I have two other PMs in another State and they don't even charge me for this. Is this common? It's just resigni...
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Currently I use Self Directed IRA custodians (Pensco and others) to be able to use my IRA funds for investment in Secured Notes. At times it becomes a time consuming effort to deploy funds to a deal.
I am s...
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I have owned my restaurant for 23 years, and the passion for the business dissolved back in 2008. The economy tanked and I just had my fourth child. I wanted to have more family time and a more flexible work schedul...
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I’m on my very first flIP and every single decision gives me anxiety because I do not want to make the wrong choice.
So far I think I have done well with picking floors and indoor paint, cabinets, etc...
BUT I think ...
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Has anyone bought this "LLC Master Machine" course from Al Aiello? The cost is $695. I listened to a podcast on this and it sounds interesting, but I hate to blow $700 if it isn't worth it. My wife and I are at the...
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Happy New Year! I am surprised I haven't seen any forum activity yet on Engelo Rumora's recently published book The Raw Truth to Success In Real Estate, available on Amazon. I'm going to post the sections of the book ...