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Financial analyst. Investing on the side.
$1.6M in real estate and stocks, goal of $10M by 2033.
Documenting the process.
Cohost, @morereturnspod

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My big audacious business goal is to create an 8+ figure investment portfolio and create economic sustainability in overlooked and underserved communities.

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@GenZMultifamily I need to spend more time looking at Midwest multi-family

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@heIpfullandlord I think about this a lot. An agent knows so much about markets, negotiations, contracts, etc. That is an unfair advantage that can be deployed when doing deals.

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I think Fresh Prince clears but it's between him and Dwyane

[Coach | Fat | Riley @CoachCorleone4]

So who had the better shoes collection?

:RobertFields: on FB

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Good points

[Ryan Haiss, CFP® @RyanHaiss]

I hear this often from millennial high earners:

“I want to retire early.”

Or at least:

“I want work to become optional.”

Then I look at where their money is saved.

And I see the same problem almost every time:

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Wild story. Great reminder to never count your chickens before they hatch.

[Zach Melloh, CFP® @zachmelloh26]

Mark was 42.

His parents had a paid-off home worth $1.2M, large investment accounts, and no major spending habits.

His assumption:

“I’ll probably inherit enough one day to be okay.”

So he:

[Big Brain Business @BigBrainBizness]

Byron Allen, Founder of Allen Media Group, explains how treating business like a contact sport unlocks unlimited capital:

Byron once borrowed $310 million on a Friday to acquire the Weather Channel. He paid it back in five months.

When the lender hit him with a $28 million prepayment penalty for closing too quickly, he paid that too.

His philosophy on why capital is never the real obstacle:

"Business is a contact sport. You're nothing more than economic athletes. They will see your passion. They will see your stats. And they will always want you on their team because you make them money."

The framing shift here is everything.

Byron sees founders as athletes whose performance is being evaluated by people who need them to win.

"You have unlimited amounts of capital available to you if your hustle is at the highest level."

@RealByronAllen drives the point home:

"Keep your hustle at the highest level because capital is always looking for you to get the money back and a return. There's trillions and trillions and trillions of dollars of capital looking for you. Go get it."

The takeaway: Capital is hunting for operators who can put up the stats. Hustle at the highest level, and the money will find you.

[Brandon Turner @BeardyBrandon]

Your Crystal Clear Criteria should fit on one index card. If you need a spreadsheet to explain what you're looking for, you don't know yet.

- Strategy
- Property Type
- Location
- Condition
- Price range
- Profitability

[Morning Brew ☕️ @MorningBrew]

"The shift means that the upper middle class — which AEI defines as households earning between $153,864 and $461,592 for a family of four — now constitutes the largest income group in the U.S."

More here, via CBS News: https://t.co/lkmYQlz6bi

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@Fire5280 I'm not on that side of commercial loans but why do they reset at 5 years? Are 30 year fixed-fully amortized not an option?

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Read this and agree. Reposting to save for myself to read again.

[Brandon Turner @BeardyBrandon]

Blows my mind that real estate investors don't "get" it yet. Probably because it's complicated, so it's easy to shut your brain off instead of learn something new.

But please.... read this. I made it simple. I have nothing to sell you with this.

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People on a job will never dictate my success. I determine my success. Your opinion of me is subjective. The market will dictate if I am creating value.

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Closed on a property today. Feeling grateful and hopeful. LTR number 7.

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@BigJocATL 😔

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@DividendGrowth Indeed

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[James Clear @JamesClear]

You are not your grand plans. You are your daily patterns.

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@BigJocATL You named all the hits 🥲

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@leo_szac Nice. What year did you get started and how long did it take you to build your portfolio?

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@patcarino Just got a property under contract 🙌🏾

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@ThinkAppraiser I would rent it at $1,700 and use the equity to fund other deals.