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29 January 2025 | 21 replies
Not sure about Ohio, but it can take close to a year or more in some states, especially with someone who knows how to work the system.
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12 January 2025 | 2 replies
Here's a chart from ShowMojo based upon the thousands of properties their clients use their system for:Not sure how any landlord or PMC doesn't understand that DOM are affected by the time of year and it's taking longer to find tenants than any time since 2018!
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30 January 2025 | 48 replies
Flipping remotely is even a worse idea - you have no control over the scene and will likely be exploited because of it.
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6 January 2025 | 57 replies
It means instead of having one or a few things that you have NO control of what so ever, you now have several things you have NO control of what so ever.
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6 January 2025 | 31 replies
There’s not much I can do to control the Bay Area real estate market, and our property has gone down in value since we purchased it.
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30 January 2025 | 19 replies
You lose all of the control and these are long term investments - but in my experience the returns match what I had on the active real estate and I am hiring professionals to manage the assets.
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16 January 2025 | 6 replies
This is not yoursituation, but just to walk through the different thought processesin Holding/Selling that a friend of mine is going through.Helped my friend getinto the Self Storage business and walked him through the wholeprocess from evaluating the market, selecting a site, developing thesite, systems, financing, insurance, etc.
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13 January 2025 | 10 replies
A whole lot to be wary of- well, lagoon system and then those POH trailers.
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15 January 2025 | 8 replies
@Tammy Elias tenants are always looking to scam the system:(You'll need to start the eviction process and let the judge tell her she's wrong.
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13 January 2025 | 7 replies
There is a provision in all my contracts that permit me to assign the contract to a newly-formed entity that I control.