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4 February 2025 | 2 replies
We live well, have a nice house which I built from the ground up and saved 200k off the top.
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23 January 2025 | 11 replies
I too live in Asheville, so Sapphire was closer than Cashiers and Highlands.
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29 January 2025 | 11 replies
Quote from @Jemini Leckie: Hello,I live in a mountain west state, not California.
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25 January 2025 | 24 replies
He's lived in Japan a few years as well (Fukuoka, I believe).
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23 January 2025 | 3 replies
The loan is with you, not with your tenant, so none of that means anything to them - in fact because you live in one unit and it's under 4, if you were self-managing you don't even have to abide by fair housing laws (at least on the federal level).
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4 February 2025 | 11 replies
Investment property (not primary residence) It's the industry standard if you're not going to live there.
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4 February 2025 | 1 reply
A lot of qualifying questions for any potential tenant.Having said the above, I ask for some "standard" things, such as the names of everyone who'll be living at the unit.
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4 February 2025 | 4 replies
This way I can see pictures of the applicant, their living conditions, people they're associated with and their job.
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10 February 2025 | 13 replies
I do recommend on higher end properties adding TV channels and Spectrum has a live TV stream app (no more boxes, I also imagine other cable providers so as well).
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28 January 2025 | 8 replies
Especially if you built something to rent or live in.