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Dillon Hutsell Ways to Invest at 17
10 April 2020 | 7 replies
I have a friend who gets 5-6k every year in financial aid on top of his free schooling.Look into possibly changing your state of legal residency once you join the military. 
Thomas Scott Finding Opportunity in Times of Uncertainty from *Scratch*?
28 March 2020 | 2 replies
A new world is emerging that will completely change every aspect of modern life, from employment to education to commerce to healthcare to, yes, real estate.Yes, I remember 2008.
Colleen Ayers Landlord Burned the House Down
27 March 2020 | 4 replies
I guess there weren't any operable smoke alarms, either, since she said the fire was pretty much out of control by the time she realized anything was wrong.The landlord's son is now trying to help his mom get back on her feet, while my friend is trying to get help from a housing aid organization (not easy in the middle of this quarantine situation!).
Account Closed Landlords... Stop being so hard on your tenants
1 April 2020 | 125 replies
I’m a health care worker but mid-March, we were sent home and may not return for another couple of weeks.
Zoran Domazet Seeking advise on replacing cast iron drain line with PVC pipe
27 March 2020 | 4 replies
Its a band-aid fix, but who know how long that could hold you over.....
Jerika Anderson My cousins landlord sold her house
28 March 2020 | 14 replies
Hi Jerica,So she lives in an $1,800 house and has paid $1,000 towards buying it and owes $1,000 when her tax check comes in.Then paid another $400 towards the purchase price, and is now being evicted.Go see Legal Aid
Franky Aikens The Federal Stimulus is signed. What if it's not enough?
28 March 2020 | 6 replies
There will be a lot of people in differing amounts of bad situations (shades of grey).Some will be fine, some will be in very bad circumstances.And those who are bad now may be OK next month, or worse off next month.There is no way to tell.Every renter is different, and will handle the situation differently, the same as every owner is different and will handle it differently.At a minimum, addressing the food issue with a recommendation to look online for COUNTY NAME FOOD ASSISTANCE.As for the rents, you will have to make some business decisions (as well as humanitarian decisions if that is within your personality) depending upon what you are presented with.Hopefully this thing is over soon, and President Trump has declared Disaster Areas for the hardest hit places, and Federal Financial Aid has been OKed also.Sometimes you can run forward quickly, and sometimes you just have to run in place--both take the same amount of energy.Good Luck!
Nathan Gesner How are you coping during this time?
1 April 2020 | 33 replies
We aren't built to look after people not working, our healthcare system isn't up to the task either.
Michael Ablan Using Cost Segregation to Claw Back Taxes w/ Corona Stimulus Bill
29 March 2020 | 6 replies
https://www.nar.realtor/political-advocacy/coronavirus-aid-relief-and-economic-security-actTo me, this means that if I were to do a cost segregation study and use 100% bonus depreciation on one of my properties, I could use that massive writeoff to go BACK in time and wipe out the last two years of taxable income that I reported.
Gabrielle Simmons Colorado Springs STR, available long term tenant.
29 March 2020 | 12 replies
The other is early June and they are both healthcare professionals who are working their butts off.