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4 January 2014 | 13 replies
I am an excellent landlord and I take care of and update my properties continuously.
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2 July 2015 | 7 replies
When I open my data source in Excel I get a an error message that says "This file needs to be opened by the Excel Workbook text converter, which may pose a security risk if the file you are opening is a malicious file.
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6 January 2014 | 13 replies
How is Mesa, AZ a good candidate beyond having a contractor relationship, and being cheaper than your own area?
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16 October 2014 | 10 replies
Welcome @Koob MouaHave you considered forming a relationship with a realtor out there?
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17 August 2016 | 48 replies
We'll see how this campaign method pans out.As for that one year performance, it'd be much easier to show everyone the spreadsheet, so if someone can let me know how to post an excel file, I'd be happy to.
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12 January 2014 | 24 replies
Excellent advice from everyone and when you've been at this long enough @Kathlyn Lewis, you'll have just as many stories :) I went through this last week.
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6 January 2014 | 22 replies
If you don't have good egress and have to get it water proof (my basement takes on water every year, we just have our storage boxes on short stilts, as it was way too expensive to fix the problem), it's probably not worth the effort to finish the basement.For rental comps, you could start monitoring Craigslist in the areas you like weekly and putting the data in Excel so that you have higher quality comp data than what is on Craigslist right now.
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8 June 2017 | 18 replies
@Don KonipolIncredible and excellent advice Don.Will definitely take into consideration all the advice you have given, being I will be needing an HML in the next few weeks.
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5 January 2014 | 6 replies
,You should have introduced yourself as the owner and that way you can build a good relationship with your tenant.
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14 January 2014 | 9 replies
Then you will want to form strong relationships with lenders that can do loans, hard money loans, conventional loans.