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28 January 2025 | 7 replies
Start small with strategies like house hacking, leveraging your hands-on skills for value-add properties, and building a strong team or network to reduce risks.
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11 February 2025 | 31 replies
They also like to acquire MHP with higher vacancy/ vacant pads (not sure what the industry standard is).
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31 January 2025 | 8 replies
At this time I manage and renovate majority of all my units to keep cost low but most likely not the best use of my time although I'm skilled at it.
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11 February 2025 | 7 replies
Then talk to a qualified, professional QI like @Dave Foster.
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31 January 2025 | 8 replies
Ask an attorney for the cost breakdown, factor in holding costs, assume they'll do more damage on the way out and then ask for a bit more for the headache.But again, especially with no experience with evictions and it sounding like a mess, I would be very tempted to just walk if the tenant is not going to cooperate.
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29 January 2025 | 8 replies
I second what John said, but if you are severely design impaired like myself, maybe ask around some local hosts / host groups.
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28 January 2025 | 11 replies
Seems like easy savings.
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5 February 2025 | 4 replies
It would be great to have something like that.
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28 January 2025 | 29 replies
Is your Realtor an experienced STR host (more than likely, no).
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1 February 2025 | 56 replies
How likely is that?