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6 March 2024 | 8 replies
Hello, I have this house on the end of my street. It is condemned, the owners are hoarders, the husband is fighting for his life with cancer, they're doing a several-month-long-DIY move to Tennessee that they must be ...
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7 March 2024 | 14 replies
The owner says the septic tank has recently been pumped, but I don't have information yet on the condition of drain field.
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7 March 2024 | 9 replies
I will be filing this season for the first time being a home owner and house hacker.I would like to work with a tax professional who has experience with this strategy.Tell me why I should cancel my meeting with H&R Block this weekend...For context, I have a W-2 income and have had 3 tenants stay in my home within the past year.
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7 March 2024 | 4 replies
The husband who blocked about filling out his own application, has a credit rating of 660.Are they considered two equals one and 751 credit rating meet the requirement or do I look at both credit rating separately?
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7 March 2024 | 19 replies
The stamped plans always have an address on them in the title block.
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7 March 2024 | 2 replies
But be sure to ask your accountant even if it’s just the local H&R Block guy because it’s probably all a tax write off.
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8 March 2024 | 53 replies
I own a duplex 3 blocks away.
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6 March 2024 | 16 replies
Not ideal, but it beats pouring money down the rental drain when we could build equity instead.Is Oakland a good market for house hacking?
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6 March 2024 | 7 replies
Maybe don't tell planning contractor shops, sewing craft shops... to soften the sound of the use up, as sounds like less likely to dump something in the drains or kick up a party.
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7 March 2024 | 82 replies
I'd just never heard they had a mechanism for doing so. its not the links that ding you, its then the calendar blocked for that booking. but the same could be said for blocking from a VRBO booking. they want all your bookings on their platform because that is how they make their money.Correct, if Airbnb sees your calendar is blocked with something other than a booking on their platform it will drop you in the search rankings.