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I live in California, but the market out here is getting so expense we're considering other places and Colorado Springs keeps popping up. Anyone live there and willing to provide some advice on what neighborhoods are ...
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Happy New Year everyone! Question for the RE Pro members as we start the new year. I have several nieces and nephews, and I’ve done my best to help them become financially literate. So here it is, if you were 22 and s...
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Hi Everyone, I'm going to be making offers on my first properties in the next 2 days or so and was wondering if anyone knew of good banks/Credit unions in the St. Louis area that have good rates and terms on cash out ...
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Several years ago, I became friends with a young woman who was just getting started in real estate. She became a real estate agent, and then started learning about renovation. She bought her first house, flipped it, a...
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Is formal education (particularly RE development graduate certificates) better than hands on/ real world experience? I have done a couple rental properties, flips and wholesale deals and would like to move towards com...
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This is long, so read at your own risk, but I hope that you will. I want to thank @lawrence moore who started the thread asking about owning your investment outright or leveraging. That thread had some good discussi...
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Hi local San Diego wholesalers and investors, I am a local San Diego real estate broker seeking a wholesaling mentor. I plan to start with bandit signs and or direct mail. I am motivated to invest time and effort i...
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Below are some photos of a reverse before and after... Hopefully I will be updating this post in the next 3-4 months once it's rehabbed and better than ever.
Little background on the house...
My wife and I were loo...
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As some of you may have figured out from my other posts, I am highly against the "cultist" and "guru" mentality out there....
So, this thread is dedicated to those who don't wish to follow the "sheeple" route and wan...
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New Jersey house flippers. How did you get started? Where did you buy your first flip? (Foreclosure, MLS, off market, ect.) did you wait to buy all cash or did you finance (or seller finance)?