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I'm new here and have zero investing experience so I thought that if I could hear some real success stories it would help motivate me.Stories from real people and not from gurus who are making more money off sellin...
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I need a pep-talk. Can any of you who started with little share with us how long you have been at it and how RE investing has paid off for you in that time? No specific #s needed I am just interested to know if it ha...
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I won't go into my sob story but I'm really interested to know how people became successful from a not so desirable situation!
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I graduated college exactly a year ago to the date of when I closed my first wholesale deal two weeks ago. It took me 8 months of research and building my cash buyers list. I got the property under contract for 22,000...
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Hello, I recently purchased my first two properties using hard money so I was able to buy them with no money down and I was also able to get cash back. I will tell you about the first property I purchased. It was a 3 ...
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How did you acquire your first opportunity? What happened afterwards? Did you know or believe it was going to be a success?
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Hi All! I live in DC, but am originally from S. Florida and still make at-least-yearly trips down to 305. I've seen much discussion about investing in S. Florida and was hoping someone might be able to point me to som...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment.
Purchase price: $400,000
Cash invested: $115,000
Sale price: $825,000
Elegantly updated home. From a swooping roof line to a cu...
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So I have a successful BRRR stories, but there were a handful of mistakes made which is why I am posting to see if you can point them out and learn some lessons. I bought said property in 2014. It was a short sale. ...