All Forum Posts by: Courtney Duong

In another post you said you know good handyman. I shoot you a PM, could you please share the handyman you use for the Conroe, Woodlands, Spring, Cypress areas?

Thanks.

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Houston, Texas

Quote from @Chris Kersey:

Hey @Alex Woolums,

Welcome back to TX. What kind of investing are you looking into?

Do you do any residential electrician work here in TX?

Chris. In another post you said you know good handyman. I shoot you a PM, could you please share the handyman you use for the Conroe, Woodlands, Spring, Cypress areas?

Thanks.

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Houston, Texas

Quote from @Lexi Lehman:

Quote from @Derrick Lewis:

I use TurboTenant for their other features (and tenants submit maintenance requests there), but haven't seen anything about a partnership with Lula until now.

Lula doesn't cost anything for the property manager as a subscription normally, you just pay on a per-job basis. What's the benefit of the $149 sub through TurboTenant? They talk to the tenant for you and do maintenance without you even hearing about it first?

Hi Derrick,

Hi, Lexi from TurboTenant here! I just wanted to quickly clarify what the $149/year cost for Lula includes. This plan covers 24/7/365 troubleshooting services from Lula's experts (such as guidance on resetting a circuit breaker), tenant coordination for scheduling repairs, and access to a network of vetted professionals.

Once you're subscribed to Lula, you can set aside a pre-approved amount for repairs, which can be used without needing to contact you as well. If additional funds are required or if a professional is unable to resolve the issue, Lula will reach out to you directly.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Hi Lexi,

Quick question: do I have to subscribe to TurboTenant in order to sign up for Lula?

Thanks.

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Hi everyone,

For those who took their real estate license class online with AceableAgent, I heard they often offer great discounts and coupons. I’m curious to know what kind of discounts did you get? Was it 50% off, 60%, or even 75%? If you remember the coupon or deal you used, please share! Right now I see they have 30% on the basic package, 40% on the Deluxe, and 50% Premium. I’d love to know how deep of the discount you guys had before I sign up.

Thanks in advance!

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Quote from @Mak K.:

I have 6 properties which got hit by the storm in Houston. My deductibles are $6K range and all properties are 2005+ build, 2000 SF +/- double story.

Location Houston TX

This is my first time working with insurance as well as roofing company. How do I negotiate with roofers. Also how do I make sure all secondary damage such as gutters, siding, windows etc are covered and accounted in insurance claim. What would be the best strategy? Tips/advice/lessons learnt?

PM me and I will share the good roofer I just found this week.

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Quote from @Jeff S.:

We are Mac-based and I did not delete the QuickBooks 2019 app, @Courtney Duong. I doubt it could read a QB 2024 file so I’m not sure it will work.

My CPA has recommended some alternatives to using classes. I’m going to try these out with Xero, in parallel with QB, until the end of the year. At that time, I’ll decide whether we will stick with Intuit.

Like QuickBooks, Xero limits you to one entity per subscription so I don’t know how much money it will save. But it looks like it could be more convenient.

Please keep us posted on how it goes with Xero. I am interested in Xero as well. I heard that Xero is very user friendly and is cheaper but haven't looked much into it. Thanks.

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@Jeff S. Hi Jeff. Thanks for the details feedback. That's exactly how I feel too. Even though $650/yr for the QuickBooks Desktop subscription is not too bad I am afraid they will increase the price every year. Can you go back and use your old QuickBooks Desktop 2019?

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@Simon W. I don't mind not having the bank sink. I prefer to do it manual actually. Will sign up for the 30 days trial. Thanks.

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San Diego, California

@Colleen F. I will tell my son to check with school on this. Xero seems to be cheaper and very user friendly (from reading reviews) but like you said most accountants use QB. It is so dominant here in the US.

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@Simon W. Thanks for the answer. Time to explore Xero, I guess. I don't mind doing that myself. Just that QuickBooks is so dominantly used in the accounting world I want to get it so my son (first year accounting major) to learn it while I use it for our business. The cost of QuickBooks online doesn't justify our usage.

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San Diego, California

All Forum Posts by: Courtney Duong

Courtney Duong has started 24 posts and replied 319 times.

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