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Economic Update
(Monday, August 17, 2020)
The pandemic has reinforced and exacerbated many of the inequities in our soci...
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First investment! I Only have $5,000 cash how can I start with getting my first rental property !?
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Yesterday.
here are the details:
2 months ago the asking was 89.9k. I offered 75. they came back at 89. I laughed. they came down to 83. I came up to 76.5. They came down to 78. we were $1,500 apa...
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Allow me to reintroduce myself, my name is Travis and I'm a recovering procrastinator. Which, procrastination seems to be a disease I've been fighting forever. I live in Indianapolis, moved here from the Northern VA...
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Looking to connect with someone who has been there, done that, and can somewhat relate with my situation. I'll keep it concise:- I'm 22yrs old, working in Commercial Real Estate Private Equity as an acquisitions analy...
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Hi All,I'm a super newbie, and I've come across an opportunity to invest a small chunk of change in a development. This seems to be a form of syndication but I want to be sure it's legit and potentially profitable bef...
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Hey folks!I had some trouble figuring out where this fits, as it's more of a strategic decision I'm hoping to get some other perspectives about. I'm going to just kind of bare all of the thoughts that have been slowly...
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Hey guys.I have been listening to the podcast for awhile now and alot of the investors who speak about the BRRR strategy find private or hard money and buy the property, reno, and refinance at the new appraised value....
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Hi Guys,
Brand new here, with a question:
Can hard money lending be considered a small business, where expenses can be deducted -- just like any other business? I thought this was a given until I started reading ab...
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I'm working with James Wise and Holton Wise's company right now to buy luxury property and make them into airbnbs. I've been running the numbers, and while some can't really cut it as an airbnb, some of these properti...