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Not technically a real estate company, however, due to their large amount of RE holdings/assets, this is the place for this thread.
As many of you know, there is a BP thread about the terrible business practices of B...
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So I have this "friend"...A buddy had invited me to an invitation only meeting. It was a very motivational gathering that left me wanting more. I like to consider myself a receptive type person but ------- this doesn'...
About six months ago I posted about my situation and got some good advice. Now that I’m ready to actually do something about it, I’d like to run it by everyone again with a little more detail.My goal is to buy a new ...
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78% of American Workers are living paycheck to paycheck (and the 22% who are not are probably not renting).
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2019/01/11/live-paycheck-to-paycheck-government-shutdown/#7977e25c...
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So whenever I visit my father for our "weekly meeting" I always go on about real estate investing. He always has only 2 responses:
1) you cannot do that here (i'm serious)
2) what you're trying to do is rip someone of...
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Economic Update
(Monday, June 7, 2021)
Is Los Angeles a City-State? I ask this question because no one seems to know what Los Angeles is, exactly: city of angels, revenge city, or something else. In 1925, Aldous Hu...
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I am planning to buy a fixer upper and make it a B & B. I'm torn about using a general contractor vs. doing the general contracting myself.CONs of Hiring a General Contractor:1. They are reputed to suck big time ...
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A seller is offering to give me a house if I buy two of his other properties. The house he is offering to give me has asbestos siding. It is a large sturdy house and is about 1800 sq. Has anyone had any experience wit...
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Considering that the job market was such a strong factor for such a long time in the value of an area and properties; how does the paradigm of a large percent of the working force (~17.9%) 27.6 million working from ho...
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I own small commercial multifamily B class property that is being surrounded by newly built rental apartments in Lawrenceville in a prime location. I am trying to decide whether to sell or hold on. We bought it 2 yea...