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17 July 2014 | 9 replies
Matt Rosas no we don't...we're a quality cleaners, not a laundry.
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19 July 2014 | 17 replies
Such properties often turn investors with good intentions into slumlords, cutting costs increases profits but later on it can cost you in various ways, city officials, legal issues, insurance can go up, quality of tenants goes down, a property can become a liability.
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4 December 2016 | 17 replies
I'm a PM by trade, and know their skillets and quality range greatly.
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18 July 2014 | 12 replies
I think your rents are optimistic and you will pay with higher vacancy and poorer tenant quality (trashed units) unless you are in a more desirable area.I think a bigger question for yourself is do you want to deal with the type of tenants that come with this property and this area?
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24 July 2014 | 18 replies
If elementary school quality is a consideration, focus on Ditto, with Little Road being a solid alternative.
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26 July 2014 | 8 replies
Getting a good tenant reminds me of a term we use for buying high quality tools: "pay for quality and you only cry once; buy cheap and you'll cry a lot."
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1 August 2014 | 22 replies
Raising the rent is the wise choice, I would personally go to $800 if that is what the going rate is, however, you may choose to go to $750 to match the other unit (if comparable quality).
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26 July 2014 | 4 replies
The quality of the neighborhood should give you an idea about what the cap rate should be, although I would aim for over 10 either way.
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28 July 2014 | 13 replies
The numbers by themselves look good, but this says nothing of the neighborhood, the quality of the tenants, the items on the property that still need to get fixed sometime in the future, etc.
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1 November 2014 | 20 replies
Individuals buying flips expect top notch quality work.