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30 October 2024 | 2 replies
I am a property owner myself and now the proud founder of RentWiseLA, a company dedicated to helping property owners navigate the complexities of the Section 8 program, especially when it comes to lease-ups and rent increases.Having spent years in the trenches, helping owners fill their vacant units with Section 8 families, I’ve always taken pride in educating property owners about the ins and outs of Section 8.
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23 October 2024 | 7 replies
This is my first time filling up a unit and I'm out of state.
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1 November 2024 | 48 replies
Say I want to buy a property to operate it as a STR (with material participation avg < 7days stay).If I travel to the beach to see some properties I am interested in, am I allowed to deduct the travel, stay, meals as expenses?
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1 November 2024 | 22 replies
STRs rented and NOT providing substantial services (regular cleaning, meal prep, trips/excursions, etc) goes on schedule E, not schedule C. 2.
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29 October 2024 | 0 replies
The most basic step is to ensure that our form is in a highly visible, easy-to-access location where visitors can simply fill in their name, email, phone number, and property address.It’s honestly ridiculous that the BBB accreditation is ABOVE the form where the lead should input their details for your acquisition agent to contact them!
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30 October 2024 | 2 replies
Instead of asking 99% of law-abiding citizens to fill out forms and hiring thousands of agents to receive, review, and monitor those forms, they should focus on the problem people.
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2 November 2024 | 20 replies
Renting for top dollar gets you less rent overall when the tenants turn over yearly and it takes you extra months to fill the vacancy!
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27 October 2024 | 13 replies
Filled with the basic information you can find in books and is very unorganized!
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24 October 2024 | 36 replies
Can you come from a long day and cook a quick meal with an InstaPot or air fryer?
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1 November 2024 | 22 replies
I have done a formal inspection with the lease but I give the tenant a checklist to fill out with the least when they move in so they can document anything that is broken or needs repair.