My Goal to Buy One Million Square Feet of Rental Properties

I wrote a plan in 2013 outlining my goal to buy 100 rental properties. I created this plan because I wanted a huge goal that would push and motivate me. I have not come close to reaching that goal, mostly because I stopped buying houses when the market increased so much in Colorado. In 2017, ... Read more

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