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Aug 2023
1h 12m

Rubber Ducks and Systems for Land Invest...

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Most people who lose money on land never want to touch it again. JT Olmstead went the opposite direction. After spending years as an IT network engineer, he turned land investing into a systemized business that lets him work on his own terms. His path to financial independence started the same way many others do — stumbling across Mr. Money Mustache in 2011, ... Show More
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