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  • ‘Most New Investors Are All Over The Map,’ How Establishing A ‘Buy Box’ Can Lead To Financial Independence

    ‘Most New Investors Are All Over The Map,’ How Establishing A ‘Buy Box’ Can Lead To Financial Independence

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    In his early days as a real estate investor, Mike Zuber started to establish a set of criteria for the types of properties he’d consider buying. Among other things, he wanted single-family homes, with three to four bedrooms, in specific zip codes in Fresno, California. By sticking to that list, he told Business Insider, he was able to scale to more than 100 cash-flowing units, which allowed both him and his wife to quit their full-time jobs.

    This strategy, known as the “buy box” strategy, has allowed many new investors to gain a foothold in the industry and grow their portfolios.

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    “Most new investors are all over the map,” Zuber told BI. “The first step any new investor needs to do is focus. If you’re going to be a buy-and-hold investor in a new area, get a buy box and make it hyper-focused.”

    There are several steps experts suggest taking when beginning to define your buy box. The first is to drive through various neighborhoods, attend open houses, and look at as many existing rental properties as you can. This will allow you to get a feel for the area, as well as the demand and type of resident you’re likely to attract.

    Next, they suggest doing your research. Looking into the area’s plans for infrastructure, employment growth, and community growth can help determine the potential future value of your home, they told BI. So spending a few hours digging up a city or county’s 10-year strategic growth plan is well worth your time.

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    “Being a bit more rigorous about it can really pay dividends,” Grant Sabatier, a financially independent real estate investor with properties in New York City, told BI. “That’s what I did: I was laser focused on a five-block by four-block radius for a six-month period and then knew immediately when there was a deal that was perfect based on my criteria.”

    “The more you know your buy box, the better your chances are at finding a great deal,” Zuber told BI. “You can’t be casual. It has to be purposeful and intentional.”

    For Zuber, a great deal is one that has high cash-on-return, or the annual return he makes on a property in relation to how much he spends on that property over the course of a year.

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  • How Much Protein Do You Actually Need?

    How Much Protein Do You Actually Need?

    “Those that are trying to lose weight may want a higher protein intake to help with muscle retention,” he said. Physical activity also plays a huge role: If you’re lifting weights, that presents a need to increase your protein intake—same…

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  • Motorola’s Razr Ultra and the Marshall Emberton II top this week’s best deals

    Motorola’s Razr Ultra and the Marshall Emberton II top this week’s best deals

    If you’ve been thinking about buying a foldable phone that truly stands out, few models can rival the 2025 Motorola Razr Ultra, which is currently on sale at Amazon and Best Buy with 16GB of RAM and 512GB starting at $999.99 ($300 off), its…

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  • Meghana Reddy Mareddy wins Egypt International 2025 badminton title

    Meghana Reddy Mareddy wins Egypt International 2025 badminton title

    Indian shuttler Meghana Reddy Mareddy won the women’s singles title at the Egypt International 2025 badminton tournament in Cairo on Saturday.

    The 21-year-old Meghana Reddy, 179th in the badminton rankings and seeded seventh, defeated…

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  • Federica Brignone’s ‘impossible challenge’ in Milano Cortina 2026 season

    Federica Brignone’s ‘impossible challenge’ in Milano Cortina 2026 season

    Federica Brignone hasn’t set any finish line to her 2026 season. There isn’t one because she doesn’t want to set one for herself in the season leading up to Milano Cortina 2026 and the chance to compete in the Olympic Winter Games on home…

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  • It’s Qwen’s world and we get to live in it, on CAISI’s report, & GPT-OSS update

    It’s Qwen’s world and we get to live in it, on CAISI’s report, & GPT-OSS update

    Before getting into the latest artifacts, there are a couple of pieces of crucial open ecosystem we have to cover.

    First, the Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI) released a report that observed the ecosystem and evaluated DeepSeek 3.1…

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  • Stem Cell Textbooks Challenged by “Immortal” Flatworm – SciTechDaily

    1. Stem Cell Textbooks Challenged by “Immortal” Flatworm  SciTechDaily
    2. Flatworm Stem Cells Regenerate Through Contactless Communication  the-scientist.com
    3. This Tiny Worm May Be the Key to Human Limb Regeneration  VICE
    4. Flatworms defy stem cell…

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  • US court orders spyware company NSO to stop targeting WhatsApp, reduces damages

    By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. court has ordered Israel’s NSO Group to stop targeting Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp messaging service, a development the spyware company warned could put it out of business. In a 25-page ruling handed down Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton imposed a permanent injunction on NSO Group’s efforts to break into WhatsApp, one of the world’s most widely used communications platforms.  Hamilton also handed NSO a significant break on the damages awarded in a recently concluded jury trial, reducing the punitive damages it owes Meta from about $167 million to $4 million.  The injunction is likely to pose a challenge to NSO, which has for years been accused of facilitating human rights abuses through its flagship hacking tool, Pegasus.  Pegasus takes advantage of weaknesses in commonly deployed pieces of software to power its surveillance, making WhatsApp one of its bigger targets.  NSO has previously argued that an injunction preventing it from going after WhatsApp “would put NSO’s entire enterprise at risk” and “force NSO out of business,” according to the judgment. Meta executives celebrated the decision. “Today’s ruling bans spyware maker NSO from ever targeting WhatsApp and our global users again,” WhatsApp chief Will Cathcart said on X. “We applaud this decision that comes after six years of litigation to hold NSO accountable for targeting members of civil society.” NSO, which has long insisted its products fight serious crime and terrorism, said it welcomed the 97% reduction in punitive damages and said that the injunction did not apply to NSO’s customers, “who will continue using the company’s technology to help protect public safety.” The company said it would review the decision and “determine its next steps accordingly.” The company was recently purchased by a group led by Hollywood producer Robert Simonds, according to a report earlier this month in tech publication TechCrunch. Simonds did not immediately return an email. (Reporting by Raphael SatterEditing by Marguerita Choy)

    (The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)


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  • Listening For Gravitational Waves In The Rhythm of Pulsars

    Listening For Gravitational Waves In The Rhythm of Pulsars

    At the dawn of time, so the theory goes, the cosmos underwent a flash of rapid expansion. Almost instantly the visible Universe grew from a volume smaller than a proton to a spherical region nearly two meters across. It’s a moment known…

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  • Fake Door Marking Exposed: Polio Campaign in Bhag Reduced to Mere Formality – https://www.dailyindependent.com.pk

    Fake Door Marking Exposed: Polio Campaign in Bhag Reduced to Mere Formality – https://www.dailyindependent.com.pk







    Fake Door Marking Exposed: Polio Campaign in Bhag Reduced to Mere Formality – https://www.dailyindependent.com.pk

















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