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27 December 2024 | 4 replies
Where I am, the market has been flat and down for a long time.
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3 January 2025 | 18 replies
I think I have a pretty standard screening criteria.
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2 January 2025 | 21 replies
It's not the best place to invest in real estate, though having said that, I did recently purchase a flat.
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2 January 2025 | 15 replies
Brady,When I do my screening for new tenants I would weight the rental history the most.
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27 December 2024 | 3 replies
Go to BUILD YOUR TEAM at the top of the screen and look for local investors or meetups in your area.
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26 December 2024 | 27 replies
One bit of advice where you can be ahead of the curve is to write down your screening criteria for possible tenants and commit to following it.
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28 December 2024 | 6 replies
Go to BUILD YOUR TEAM at the top of the screen and look for local investors or meetups in your area.
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5 January 2025 | 33 replies
Paid the realtor to complete the tenant screening and both units were eventually filled.
23 December 2024 | 9 replies
If you don’t want to hire a PM to manage your property I would at least hire one to do the screening.
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8 February 2025 | 80 replies
BUT in vast majority of cases the % rate at which they are being assessed against the property value has laid flat or gone DOWN, not up.