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13 February 2025 | 252 replies
Overseeing tradesmen while they work on your properties sounds like material participation to me.
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6 February 2025 | 3 replies
Or get work done with a good GC and pick off some subs you meet to do work direct for you.
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30 January 2025 | 45 replies
No one has a "crystal ball" to time the market perfectly.
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29 January 2025 | 8 replies
If a contractor listed you as a reference for a bathroom remodel and I came over to look at he work they did.
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14 February 2025 | 15 replies
No issues.
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5 February 2025 | 5 replies
You likely only made a down payment of 3-20% ....but you still get to write it off on the full value across 27.5 years.So 400k/27.5 = 14,000 ish a year of a write off where during the year you didn't need to incur an actual expense, no cash outflow.
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1 February 2025 | 1 reply
It could work, but I would want to see the numbers.
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31 January 2025 | 8 replies
If they're going to force an eviction, I would want either 1) to just wait until it's done and keep extending the contract (if you're in no rush at all) or 2) ask for a substantial price discount to deal with it yourself.
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3 February 2025 | 2 replies
I have no idea how that works.....thanks so much
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6 February 2025 | 10 replies
Most of the responses show lack of understanding of how it works.