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9 February 2025 | 15 replies
There are people who have an entire business helping you set up and design a STR relatively quickly (3-7 days) depending on size of home and complexity but you are going to be paying a bit of a premium but you do save on the headache.
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29 January 2025 | 10 replies
There are quite a number of things that can make utilizing an FHA loan more difficult such as more barriers during appraisal, appearance of low qualification/little cash, typically longer closing period, likely higher interest rate, and PMI cannot be dropped without a refinance if 3.5% down.That said, just chain 5% down conventional loans, and make sure your duplexes pay for themselves.
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28 January 2025 | 14 replies
We can still choose how much to pay someone to operate it if necessary.
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7 January 2025 | 28 replies
We did get much lower costs when we changed to minisplits but the initial cost is high.
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29 January 2025 | 19 replies
Use that loan to pay the back taxes and get things under control.
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12 February 2025 | 0 replies
One of our residents was robbed outside of this property and we ended up paying for the resident to move out and sold this property.
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17 January 2025 | 19 replies
My SBLOC requires that I pay it down to $0 once a year and keep it at $0 for one whole month.
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11 February 2025 | 6 replies
My knowledge is free, but I am most happy to charge for it, if someone is willing to pay!
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29 January 2025 | 2 replies
I would focus on the house hack and not take a pay cut.
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9 January 2025 | 43 replies
All users are initially signed up on the Starter plan, which is free and what you have access to initially as a BP Pro member.