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24 December 2024 | 44 replies
The state’s housing is also ranked as the fourth most affordable in the country.Alabama currently has the second-lowest average property tax rate in the country at 0.4%, which helps investors keep more of the money they earn.
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13 December 2024 | 3 replies
For example, if you are an active investor you can still find deals but they may not have quite as high of returns as we had become accustomed to in the previous years on average.
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11 December 2024 | 14 replies
In general, the booking lead time has been the lowest in years though (used to average around 40-45 days now its about 25-30 days) but our occpuancy rates are still as high as ever.
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10 December 2024 | 25 replies
Just get it rented at least twice and keep the average stay at 7 days or less for each.
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8 December 2024 | 8 replies
The best way IMO is organic, I average about 2-5 contacts per month.
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7 December 2024 | 2 replies
Example: https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/real-estate-vs-...The problem is that these articles typically address averages.
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9 December 2024 | 20 replies
And then try again with long term average 5.6%.If you want cash flow, start a business.
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2 December 2024 | 2 replies
We have made an offer for a property and it turns out City of San Diego has asked the seller to replace the uneven side walk by the property does any one has an idea about ball park figure to replace a city side walk?...
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18 December 2024 | 29 replies
Rents and property values rise pretty steadily in our market at a rate about 2-3X the national average.
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27 December 2024 | 93 replies
Our average construction time is about 8 months after permit is issued and we are always improving.