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My husband and I make $180k with ~780 credit scores and no student loans. We are young but have managed to acquire around 20k in CC debt. Should we work to pay this off before investing in multi units or should we jump right into real estate? We have around $5k a month to spend...

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You make $180K and have 20K in CC debt? You should pay that off in 3 months! If you dont have the financial discipline to do that, you should probably not invest in Real Estate yet.

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