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11 February 2025 | 183 replies
5k for architect fees is pricey but since he's offering half of that to go towards construction that's not bad.
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25 January 2025 | 8 replies
I took the Airbnb bookings and now I'm around 80/20 Airbnb/VRBO.Based on a recent bad experience that I had with Airbnb (it's a separate thread out here), I called VRBO and asked them how I can get more booking requests from VRBO.
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26 January 2025 | 4 replies
"There's 2 types of house's, 1 where people know they have rats, the other is they don't know they have rats"Poison is a really bad idea, especially when tennants are involved.Hire an exterminator a document everything.
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22 January 2025 | 1 reply
A laundromat with 3 or more machines down is a bad reputation to have.
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7 February 2025 | 12 replies
A 40K rehab doesn't sound too bad either.
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19 January 2025 | 9 replies
Sometimes the long term capital gains are palatable and it may make sense for you to pay the tax rather than force a bad deal.
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28 January 2025 | 16 replies
Most section 8 tenants are decent, few bad apples ruin the bunch.
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26 January 2025 | 13 replies
However, I've heard lots of bad experiences online with Guesty, Hostaway, Hostfully, etc. etc.
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12 January 2025 | 3 replies
@Cheng ChuMcKinney is a fantastic market with strong population growth, and it’s a great choice for single-family home (SFH) investments.