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29 April 2024 | 168 replies
@Angela Levy This is a pretty delicate question for which you should contact a local attorney who specializes in tax deeds.If the property is vacant, there is a school of thought that says you can take limited actions to secure the property (like boarding it up, removing a fallen tree, or mowing the lawn).
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23 April 2024 | 1 reply
By tapping into the immense power of artificial intelligence, we're witnessing a revolution in how we perceive and engage with properties.
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23 April 2024 | 14 replies
Being a builder, my first thought goes to the construction type items: Tile or wood floors, vinyl shower kits, high quality wall paint like Behr Marquis, solid wood furniture, good appliances not cheap rental ones, easy to maintain yard outside like DG, artificial turf and gravel.
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27 April 2024 | 42 replies
When the public momentum comes your direction, it may experience a honeymoon high but it's artificial.
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26 April 2024 | 40 replies
It's pointless to ask "what-if-I-fall" because you will 100%, I guarantee you WILL make mistakes, there will be failings, and as long as you mitigate them into a safe setting so they are survivable ones, like learning to ride a bike in a lawn vs out on a highway, or in REI using an experienced REI Realtor/Consultant and experienced PM's vs on own for everything, your going to get through it and be all the better for the experience.
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25 April 2024 | 93 replies
Don't pay utilities, no lawn maintanence.
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25 April 2024 | 82 replies
Definitely want to avoid areas with vacant boarded up homes, cars parked on the yard, unkept lawns, etc.
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24 April 2024 | 42 replies
The 3% mortgage years were a product of the Federal Reserve artificially tampering with otherwise free-market bond sales.
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21 April 2024 | 12 replies
The supply chain did some irreparable damage to create a new artificial floor on pricing.
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21 April 2024 | 17 replies
We go so far as to include lawn and landscaping care in the rent, non optional, because tenants suck at cutting grass and maintaining the exterior.