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13 April 2018 | 5 replies
My name is Austin Lange Im 24 years yrs old, I currently work full-time at Theatrical Lighting company that works along side local 2 in Chicago to set up concerts around the city, I've been in it for about a year now and Its a great job but I dream of one day becoming my own boss and that assuredly is not the path.
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3 April 2018 | 6 replies
Good friend of mine owns 2 side by sides for the past 15 yrs.
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2 April 2018 | 4 replies
Lets say land was worth 50k and home worth 50k. so during those years we depreciated for 1818 per year so value at 42.728 +50k land = 92,728 at end of 2018Plus in 2017 we spent 10k renovating the unit so depreciating 10k for 2 yrs =9272.8 Is this then added together to determine total value of 92728+9272=102000?
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3 April 2018 | 1 reply
Rents have room to grow and the value has room to appreciate over the next 5-10 yrs.
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24 February 2018 | 8 replies
@William Murden I'm a local Investor to Hampton Roads and have been doing business here for the pst 8 yrs.
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21 February 2018 | 4 replies
I gave my contractor a deposit in December and final payment in January for a large structural repair job on a property that is partially personal (I live in one room) and partially business (my LLC) as a vacation ren...
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22 February 2018 | 3 replies
Hi all,So been flipping houses for the last 1.5 yrs and have learned a ton from this forum!
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7 May 2018 | 2 replies
I’ve been at it for six or eight yrs and it’s been a good thing for me.
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23 February 2018 | 3 replies
I have had the same great renters for about almost 5 yrs.
23 February 2018 | 0 replies
After the rental company cut , I may end up with 1800 and with mortgage around 1500+ in ARM , I can be in safety net for 3-4 yrs and refinance to conventional.