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19 February 2016 | 10 replies
Time to farm it out.
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28 March 2016 | 12 replies
Beyond the minutes and records, other residents (past or present), agents, and past or present or managers can be sources on the inside scoop.....
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15 February 2016 | 4 replies
Research the RE brokers in your farm that specialize in MF and go to school on them.
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21 February 2016 | 8 replies
Also looking for farms in distress that may need some help to get back on their feet or prefer to sell.
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23 February 2016 | 8 replies
I recommend that you take some time to get to know your farm area by driving/walking it different times of the day and signing up for automatic alerts via Redfin, Zillow, or through an agent so you can be notified of house sales in your area.I wish you the best!
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10 May 2016 | 2 replies
Do you farm it out to a contractor or does your organization have management options (i.e. % of renovation costs for project management) for property owners that live out of state or want to stay out of the construction process?
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23 November 2016 | 9 replies
Have you tried State Farm and Allstate?
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22 July 2018 | 19 replies
Look for an agent that has invested in the past or currently is investing, but one who won’t be competing with you for deals.7.
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16 May 2016 | 5 replies
@James Johnson, our FARM for flipping has houses than range from 50-100+ years old.
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19 May 2016 | 20 replies
Unless you have definitive evidence that an oil tank was removed in the past or was never underground, it's worth the money to get a company to do an oil tank sweep--an abandoned underground oil tank is usually a deal breaker if the seller is refusing to remove it, mostly due to the fact that the liability arising from it can be in the 10s or even 100s of thousands of dollars depending on the extent, if any, of oil leaks/contamination.A lot of these things, though, are issues you can address after going under contract in your inspection process, and your inspector will look at lots of other things as well (is the roof OK?