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Tracy Thielman
  • Lender
  • Albermarle, NC
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What's One "Rule" You Stopped Following Blindly?

Tracy Thielman
  • Lender
  • Albermarle, NC
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Real estate has plenty of rules of thumb—the 1% rule, 70% rule, specific return targets, and so on.

They're useful as starting points, but every market and property is different.

What's one commonly repeated investing rule that you now treat more as a guideline than a hard rule?

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