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4 July 2018 | 13 replies
Like many people I tend to write off a lot of my income so the DTI ratio isn't as padded as some others.
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9 July 2016 | 13 replies
Divide your $40,000 purchase price by the income after taxes = it should pay for itself in about 4.5 years, bar any major work needing to be done.You'd have to pad that for maintenance and vacancies, so at least 5 years before it pays for itself, realistically.
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6 July 2016 | 14 replies
How many people will live there - Every added person in your house equals an extra person that can brake things.
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16 July 2016 | 41 replies
Those are just the properties I personally know of that were managed by a PM, and both were ripped off by the PM padding expenses, performing ridiculous maintenance that could have been completely avoided with just a couple questions, as @Steve Vaughn mentioned.I am sure there are good property managers out there.
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11 July 2016 | 9 replies
Sue K.Odoban finally reached the carpet pad and fixed the problem.
3 April 2017 | 75 replies
While there, my tenant told my friend that they think it backed up because the lady of the house flushed a tampon and maxi-pad down the toilet.10 days later my tenant called me again one afternoon during the week and said it was backed up again.
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12 September 2016 | 5 replies
Become a crash pad for airline workers?
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25 April 2017 | 7 replies
.*** far as advertising, you can use a slew of sites like; Craigslist, Zillow, Hot Pads etc...Good luck, the fun is just beginning
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9 October 2023 | 16 replies
A company made me a market analyses, and between the loan for the new ADU and what I could rent it for, I would barely brake even.
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23 August 2017 | 16 replies
I would have to update pads and elect. hook-ups to code as well.