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24 September 2014 | 4 replies
Start by looking at your current personal financial statement with assets versus liquidity.
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23 September 2014 | 7 replies
My thought is I will have double the repair/vacancy every month with two properties which can support each other in the event there is a large repair/replacement versus just one property.
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25 September 2014 | 8 replies
Ed,Welcome to the community, yes learning by doing is the best method to me but it is costly, but you are learning versus throwing money at another product pitch.For your Chandler property have you considered a refi (get off the hard $) and then option it with a wrap, this way you can have the house sold (in the future), and possibly collect a sizable down payment and have the tenant buyer make the mortgage payments (all set up through an escrow co.)
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30 September 2014 | 12 replies
My lease I think sets an organized professional tone on the management of my properties with the reward of several of my tenants staying years, versus a few months.
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30 September 2014 | 0 replies
Does anyone have any experience (maintenance, cost of purchase, damage) for choosing curtains over mini-blinds?JCPenny has a 30% sale until 10/1 (online only here). I am concerned about price, but if curtains turn out...
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1 October 2014 | 2 replies
James everything is negotiable versus the services you are getting.
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2 October 2014 | 10 replies
You get to see other properties with similar characteristics and base your rent on how much better (or worse) your property is versus a comp house.
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11 June 2016 | 12 replies
It makes a difference if the listing broker receives an offer directly from a buyer that has no experience versus an offer from a commercial listing broker with a track record and the listing broker knows the buyer broker will be there making sure it closes and that the buyer is educated on what to do ahead of time.Sellers do not want to waste time with flaky and or uninformed buyers.
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2 October 2014 | 12 replies
Edgar, I do look at cap rate because it's a metric to compare two similar properties versus market averages.
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14 October 2014 | 18 replies
House hacking as coined on BP is where you buy a sfr (single family residence) to live in and take advantage of better rates with less down payment (different rules for owner occupied versus buying as an investment property).