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Investing in Detroit. Things to worry about
Following the general theme of lemons into lemonade, let’s discuss investing in Detroit. What I am going to say will be pretty specific to Detroit. The general principals will apply for investments in just about any USA city as it is all about due diligence and understanding the local market.
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I was in a meeting recently with four attorneys. The focus was to educate me on the regulations that apply to a UK based REIT. I am pretty well versed in what the HMRC wants. I had asked one of the two real estate attorneys to find me some Financial
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Facts & Things Unsaid
“When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” John Maynard Keynes When reading ‘the news’ you have to be careful about what you take away. Just because something is reported does not mean it is correct. I am not saying anything is necessarily incorrect. Just
Continue readingI claim there are only 4 ways to make money from real estate. Within the 4 ways there are variations.
1. Cash flow. You are buying places or otherwise controlling them because of the cash flow they provide. A buy and hold strategy. What they or property, where it is located, if you use debt or not and other minor variations are just twists on the same principal.
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The key to success in real estate investing is to gain an advantage from superior knowledge and understanding. Workshops and seminars are a way to gain knew knowledge or to deepen your understanding of a topic. When combined with other sources of information such as books and hiring domain experts
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To turn lemons into lemonade, you need to start with lemons. I am inviting you to submit your mistakes here as an opportunity to learn and to share the insight with others. Maybe you have already figured out what went wrong. Or maybe you are still unsure what you should
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