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A Path to Riches
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A Path to Riches

How do you get rich in real estate? 🤑This is one method.It's no secret. 🤐✅ Buy value-add properties.✅ Utilize debt and business partners to stretch your dollar.✅ Stabilize the asset.✅ Refinance✅...

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Ryan Narus
Jul 15, 2019
What Your Underwriting Is Missing
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What Your Underwriting Is Missing

On this MMW, I'm going to juxtapose two properties we purchased within two weeks of each other that performed very differently. The lessons learned there will help you improve your underwriting....

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Ryan Narus
Jul 15, 2019
The Biggest Thing in Industry Needs
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The Biggest Thing in Industry Needs

What is the industry missing? 🧐Third party managersApartment owners have options.Not the case with mobile home parks.You must build an in-house operations team. 🛠Too many investors love to purchase...

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Ryan Narus
Jul 8, 2019
Business Sacrifice Is Apart of the Process
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Business Sacrifice Is Apart of the Process

Every business person has to sacrifice.It is opportunity cost analysis in action.When we first started this business, we had to make several sacrifices.And still do to do to this day.We pay ourselves...

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Ryan Narus
Jul 1, 2019
Finding Business Partners: Interview with Ian Tudor
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Finding Business Partners: Interview with Ian Tudor

2 > 1 but only if you find the right partner. Partnerships, like financial leverage, either multiply your output, or amplify your misery. Ian Tudor, co--founder of Archimedes Group, joins MHP_IRL to...

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Ryan Narus
Jul 1, 2019
Seminars Are Sending A Signal
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Seminars Are Sending A Signal

The amount of the educational seminars in the market today is a SIGNAL. 📡Did you interpret it?If you listen carefully, it is somewhat contradictory. 🤨“Sign up for my course where I’ll give you the...

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Ryan Narus
Jun 24, 2019
Finding Good Contractors
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Finding Good Contractors

Finding good contractors is a common problem.In Georgia, we hired a HVAC tech that seemed to check all the boxes. 👨🏻‍🔧He was young, responsive, and reasonable on price.He would work on the...

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Ryan Narus
Jun 17, 2019
What is MHP_IRL?
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What is MHP_IRL?

I think you SHOULD get into MHPs, but with PROPER expectations. And that's why I'm here. We have a chance to usher in a new era for MHPs, and to do that, I want to provide you with the tools...

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Ryan Narus
Jun 15, 2019
Can you have a heart in MHPs?
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Can you have a heart in MHPs?

You've got to fight to keep you community safe, clean, and fair. Often times, this involves heartless decisions. On this Mid Month Wisdom, I'll talk about ways you CAN have a heart, while being fair...

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Ryan Narus
Jun 15, 2019
Time Management
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Time Management

How do you schedule your day?It could make all the difference...I try to focus on high dollar activities first thing in my day. 🧐In other words, the results of my actions could yield the company...

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Ryan Narus
Jun 10, 2019
How to Market Rentals
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How to Market Rentals

What’s the best way to market rentals or mobile homes for sale?A year ago, we used Craigslist exclusively.Then, we found a goldmine. 💰We discovered the power of Facebook location-specific groups and...

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Ryan Narus
Jun 3, 2019
The Death Threat
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The Death Threat

"I'm going to kill everyone in the office with my shotgun". How would you react to that? A corroborated threat turned into a test of all my skills. Listen in as I tell the tale of how my life, as...

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Ryan Narus
Jun 1, 2019

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