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4 February 2025 | 17 replies
For example we pay our own income taxes, broker splits and all of our other expenses directly out of what we make including required E&O insurance, MLS dues, licensing fees, Board of Realtor dues, continuing education costs, marketing, advertising, office fees/rent, transaction coordinator/ assistant fees, health insurance, car insurance and maintenance, gas, tires, software, retirement fund, etc.We are not W2 employees with payroll taxes already taken out of our paychecks, company-paid health insurance and matching retirement account plus a guarantee of at least 40 hours paid work per week, sick pay, paid vacation… none of that.So if you’re thinking you’ll be able to pay an hourly wage typical of a W2 hourly employee like $50-85/hr… that’s definitely not going to work.
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20 January 2025 | 2 replies
. - PM provides a cash based accounting report every month, for every unit under management, that clearly labels all rent, all expenses, including management fees, and the net directly ties to the amount of money deposited into my bank account.- PM is a licensed handyman, or has them on staff, and takes care of most unit turn work at a reasonable rate. - PM has no breakup/termination fee- PM does not take project management fees, except on large or complicated CapEx projects exceeding $5,000.
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20 January 2025 | 4 replies
When you have employees promoting the platform like it is the best platform ever and free accounting services, it was going to go down sooner or later.Pretty sure their other services are going to go down shortly.Baselane is offering assistance I believe, but they are just like Azibo.
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4 February 2025 | 7 replies
Marie Poe...her account is deactivated, but a search may turn up some of her info if you search the name and someone mentioned her in their replies.
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2 February 2025 | 1 reply
Cash from self directed IRA accounts How did you add value to the deal?
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4 February 2025 | 9 replies
They'll expect electronic payment options--easy open a landlord account at your bank and give routing number and account number to tenant (ACH payment).
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7 February 2025 | 9 replies
I use Sam's club and Amazon.I have a pro account with Sam's.
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7 February 2025 | 2 replies
Last piece of advice is to surround yourself with quality service providers (real estate brokers, lenders, accountants, attorneys, PM's, Contractors, Insurance Brokers)., They will be instrumental to your business.
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29 January 2025 | 28 replies
Via a study I done comparing the Preforeclosure leads that PS provided with county records for over 167 counties across TX, CA and FL.
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24 January 2025 | 37 replies
Been studying your market for a while and hoping to Brrrr some properties in 2021.