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What does "land does not perk mean" on a piece of vacant land?
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Good evening,
I have been dealing with Real Estate for over 10 years and personally investing for over 5 years. I have grew my portfolio tremendously in the past few years with a $1,000,000 in equity BUT I have been...
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Aloha,My name is Darrell and currently reside in Honolulu, HI. My journey begins today in hopes to building a real estate empire some day. However, I know hard work and dedication will be essential for my new journey...
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Purchased the house with cash (3bd/2bth). The renovation cost was half personal money other half HELOC from other rental. The carry over cost with utilities and HELOC interest payments is about 1k a month. I still hav...
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Hey all!
I have a good friend with cash who is looking to invest. However, he believes investing in the stock market is the best place to consistently have high returns with low effort. I feel real estate is a better...
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I reduced my monthly expenses by $1,469 each month and I'll here is the story of exactly how I did it.If you go to my profile you can see the first deal I ever did in October of 2020. It was a househack. Before we go ...
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I'm just getting into this. Everything I read says that I need to align my strategy and my goals, which makes perfect sense. However, I have yet to come across a comprehensive and clear analysis of how different inves...
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I am in Tampa, Florida. I see a house that SunTrust Mortgage bought at auction in August 2013 for $72,100. The property appraiser's website shows a Certificate of Tit...
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I recently listened to Grant Cardone's most recent interview on the biggerpockets podcasts and found it very eye opening. I appreciated his thoughts on buying within a budget. Essentially, his point is why buy somethi...
Has anyone delt with a hard money lender then financing at the end to a traditional bank? Was the process difficult, would you do it again? What are some things you learned. I am thinking about using hard money to fu...