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15 January 2025 | 13 replies
A4: If you pay as “friends and family” – then yes, need 1099s.Q5: I only need to send 1099s to people, not to LLCs, right?
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23 January 2025 | 23 replies
I have a close friend who constantly drives up to the white mountains so can definitely understand the draw.
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15 January 2025 | 15 replies
I urgently need a landlord-friendly lawyer in Fulton County.
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23 January 2025 | 52 replies
The site hasn't changed, literally not at all.The people, my friends here, people I know, help change the perspective by doing what they have done for years, just posting and responding with words of wisdom and a 20,000 foot view.
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8 January 2025 | 6 replies
When the housing market became seller friendly, I unloaded 5/6 of our long term rental units, paid off our house with that and invested in stocks and mutual funds…completely no fun, right??
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11 January 2025 | 4 replies
A friend of mine, Ryan, who invests heavily in Baltimore, realized his interest costs were eating into his cash flow.
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14 January 2025 | 16 replies
And you do not need a penny to start REI - many people's first investment came to fruition because of friends, family, or even partners.
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7 January 2025 | 0 replies
Every Week I scan the MLS, navigating cities and towns in South Florida that are friendly (and not friendly) toward short term rentals.
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7 January 2025 | 8 replies
I have a few good friends that would use me if I can service their HM needs.
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7 January 2025 | 16 replies
If you're scaling your rental portfolio, you have to scale your operations as well.Having said that, I have friends who only have single family MTR homes and do extremely well at scale.