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20 January 2025 | 6 replies
I'm finishing up an ADU garage conversion in Downtown Sac and plan to do medium term rental for travel nurses.
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5 January 2025 | 23 replies
I'm presently a facilities engineer by trade, who does some construction and maintenance for landlords on the side, hoping to get back into the private real estate game.
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22 January 2025 | 2 replies
If your client is planning to use a loan to purchase the portfolio, they should be aware that many lenders include prepayment penalties or restrictions when properties in a portfolio are sold off individually.
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29 January 2025 | 22 replies
If you're planning on managing the rental unit yourself, you'll learn a lot about owning rentals pretty quickly.
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5 February 2025 | 4 replies
So instead of waiting for the problem to compound until the lease is over, the plan is to replace the carpet immediately rather than try to muck with cat urine and get it 80% clean with various other solutions.
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8 February 2025 | 6 replies
I spent my first 6 years in the financial planning industry working for a firm that had previously sold a lot of privately held REITS that went south.
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24 January 2025 | 2 replies
You have to be willing to not give up when things get difficult, or don't go as planned. 2.This journey is worth it.
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27 January 2025 | 8 replies
Maintenance hasn’t been too bad so far, and I recently made the decision to sell my business, so now I’ll be living off my rental income.My question is: What should my plan be from here?
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8 February 2025 | 3 replies
I contemplated appealing it, but I figured I would go after the PM instead, which I plan to do.
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23 December 2024 | 12 replies
Yes, 401(k) plans, IRAs, SEP-IRAs and all other kinds of retirement plans are still the backbone of your wealth accumulation, especially if they are self-directed.