In your mind... what is the opposite of fear?
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Hey guys, I'm in deep research mode gearing up for my first REI purchase. I want to start conservatively, and I want to pay cash instead of using loans. That means I'd like to be all-in with my first property for arou...
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Today I located a property in my area for 35K from a wholesaler. The renters were paying 1000 a month until there was a leak behind the dishwasher and whoever was the landlord at the time took it out without replaceme...
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Hello. I'm Derrek Lawson from Columbia, Maryland. I'm 44 years old veteran, new to real estate investing. Nothing purchased yet. I might be 12-18 months away from making a purchase. However, I have some general real e...
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Hi, I'm a new landlord and wanted to see what others do when it comes to the holidays with their tenants.
I have two young men that rent from me, this February will be 1 year. They have never been late and never m...
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I've filled in my profile a bit so I'll be repeating some I think.I'm an architect and my husband is an engineer. We have a goal of owning enough real estate (buy and hold) to provide a middle class family living so ...
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As of now, my strategy consists of searching Lafayette, and its adjacent parish's, sheriff sales, sorting for properties by zip code, and heading to the clerk of courts office to check for liens and any useful mortgag...
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I currently own one 60 unit (soon 90 unit) facility that is 15-20 minutes from my home. I am in escrow to purchase an 114 unit with room for expansion that is about 90 minutes from my home. Looking for advice and reco...
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Does anyone have any experience using zero-coupon notes, or notes that don't make principal/ interest payments until maturity, to make acquisitions?
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A building recently bought has a section 8 tenant.The girls boyfriend apparently is staying there and is not on the lease and another tenant has said there are dogs there.
We are in a transition phase of taking the a...