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My wife and I started out paying double mortgage payments in our current primary after she finished college in 2016. We were maybe 2.5 years away from being debt free. Then, we refinanced, pulled out cash, and used ...
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We finally finished the ground up construction of our Joshua Tree/Yucca Valley STR!We designed and built a 2,244sq' 4 Bed/4 Bath with Pool, spa & game room in the middle of amazing boulders and surrounded by Josh...
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Hey, Everyone!
I found a mobile home lot in a good neighborhood that has everything ready for another mobile home to be moved on and hooked up. I'm going to purchase it cash ($16,000) and originate a loan at $25,000 ...
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Hello! I’m Casey gunzl born and raised in San Diego, 1 year out of high school turning 19 years old in a couple days and got really interested in real estate in been reading all kinds of books and watching YouTube vi...
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Hi, I posted quite a bit a year back or so about my interesting situation. I lived in Japan for 20 years and was going to start building my USA based portfolio from Japan. I now actually live in Colorado full time and...
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Hello everyone,
I am fairly new to real estate investing, and I wanted to get people's opinion on direct mail marketing and competition. I recently did a mail campaign, and only got about .5% response rate. I...
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we have a house we will use as a STR we recently closed on in Pigeon Forge. there is a steep rocky embankment in the front by parking area. The prior owners had used a side entrance (going through neighbors property...
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Ok - so I got a phone call from my lead website. This guy wants to sell and get out from the house. My assistant looks it up on the county website ... and WHOA ... it's an old Lumber baron's mansion. 4500 square feet....
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Hi Everyone,I am looking to develop passive real estate investment opportunities, but I am not sure if I completely understand what investors look for when investing in certain passive real estate investments, or real...
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Hey New FriendsI've been lurking on the forum for a bit reading and such. Close to diving in the waters.I'm considering investing in the downtown ann arbor area. Would love to hear thoughts on that area? Any real esta...