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12 July 2024 | 79 replies
Some of my problems is my tax debtWife’s skeptical of my plansWhere is my time better spent?
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10 July 2024 | 50 replies
I really wish I had found out about your site, before I spent money on Bob Diamonds course, that let me with so many questions.
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10 July 2024 | 7 replies
You may have an idea for a bedroom and have spent time speaking with the designer about it and then the designer carries out that plan.
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12 July 2024 | 48 replies
@William Hochstedler were I saw this model fail miserably for LA based investors was even though they are full doc.. the cash reserves that are there at the beginning.. investors get this irrational sense of security that their rents are going to come in like clock work that the homes are going to stay rented that their home will be taken care of like they would.. and the reserves end up getting spent on other things in their lives.. thereby wildling down their reserves.YOu have a bad run... you need 5k to fix up and re rent... house is vacant for 3 month during the process... and if you don't have the funds your PM is noting going to front it for you.. and down the tube you go. that's what I witnessed.. these were not speculators these were people that thought their 100 to 200 a month positive were a given and could never change.. and they were woefully under capitalized.
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10 July 2024 | 11 replies
Given all her extra time she spent trying to restore the property to its usual, I don't think at this point they'd even get 4 stars from me.
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9 July 2024 | 6 replies
If they moved in a week ago and you were in there just before that and spent time in there painting areas they claimed had mold, what are the chances that there is that much mold growth that you would have missed when you were in the place?
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10 July 2024 | 15 replies
I’ve owned a dozen properties for almost 25 years and I’ve spent less than $500 on roofing, and zero on exterior siding/painting.
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10 July 2024 | 31 replies
Is the ARV going up at least $1 for every dollar spent on the value add?
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12 July 2024 | 40 replies
Property manager sucked, spent $20k repairing it after tenants destroyed it, Next thing you know I am in it for $60k it on paper get $1200 in rent but good luck getting people to pay.
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8 July 2024 | 1 reply
I spent about 7K on the flooring but it's Mohawk LVP and will last about 100 years.