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Deal Analysis

House Buying Philosophies

July 14, 2008

I’ve been working with a real estate agent the past couple days who continues to try to sell me a few overpriced duplexes. I’ve tried to explain to her several times my conservative buying philosophy, but it doesn’t really seem to be getting through to her. Today, I received an email trying to [...]

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First Offer Questions

July 10, 2008

In yesterday’s post, I discussed the possible exit strategies — and the financial implications of each — for the property I made an offer on the other day. Because this is my first potential deal, I ran it by a bunch of other experienced investors who I knew would provide impartial advice on the [...]

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First Offer Details

July 9, 2008

After getting feedback from some other knowledgeable RE folks, I’m not sure that my potential first deal is the right one to start with. While I’ll go into my hesitations on the deal (and the specific feedback I’ve gotten) in more detail in a subsequent post, I wanted to lay out my rationale for [...]

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