The RE Investment News: August 2019

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up) And that is exactly what I did. My journey was normal in many aspects to most Americans. I went to college, overpaid for information that had almost zero practical use in my life, joined the Army, and bought my first property in Tacoma, WA December of 2005. (best time ever to buy a house! Please note the heavy sarcasm)

One Real Estate Investor Family and their Journey to Success By Dan Krupa "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us.... – in short," it was time to leave our W2 jobs and focus solely on real estate investing. Time to invest in Real Estate (RE) and shameless rip off a classic novel to entice people to read an article. This is a story of an Army officer Dan and his wife, Michelle, who decide to ditch the rat race, leave behind their advanced degrees, and focus on real estate investing full time. I am Dan Krupa, a real estate investor and owner of Reveille Homes. Like many others I found my way into real estate accidentally. I was told: “Go West young man, Go West...and buy a house when you get there. Plus find a safe, good-paying job.” (I might have made some of that

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Over the course of my 12 years in the Army I met and married my beautiful wife and we acquired three properties. We had: house hacked, bought-rehabbed-rentedrefinanced (BRRRed), completed an advanced flip in two weeks and sold that property for 10k over asking price, been long distance landlords, got ripped off by property managers, and discovered that real estate is our passion. We’ve done quite a bit more since then. After 12 years in the Army, 24 months in Iraq, an operational deployment to West Africa, and missing out on the first six months of my son’s life I decided it was time to stop working for “the man.” The purpose of this article is to share with you the lessons my wife and I have learned over the years, help fellow investors overcome the obstacles they face when starting out in RE investing, motivate others to take action, and create better homes in our communities. Ok, enough with backstory, let’s get to the real estate stuff. Below are five actions that will help you grow your investment portfolio faster than Michelle and I did

One: Get Educated, Stupid.

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