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29 July 2024 | 12 replies
First, all first flips take 2-3x as long as you think and cost 2-3x as much as you think.
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27 July 2024 | 16 replies
Where does buying a house for yourself cost less.
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30 July 2024 | 18 replies
I also require 2 past landlord references which I call and make sure these are easy going trouble free tenants before signing.
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28 July 2024 | 3 replies
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
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28 July 2024 | 1 reply
We currently own one door (split acquisition and closing costs and contribute equally to management and ownership), and have split equity and cash flows from the property - also pretty standard in my experience.My question is this - I want to purchase a house hack and would like to use our current business entity for accounting purposes (tracking income / expenses / etc).
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28 July 2024 | 12 replies
But why would you buy one property in an area you are likely to leave and then have to manage a one-off (not cost-effective)?
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28 July 2024 | 7 replies
If you live out of these bounds feel free to stop by.The first event will be Nov. 12 from 6:30 - 8pm at the Starbucks in Stuart, FL located at 2294 SE Federal Hwy, Stuart, FL 34994.
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28 July 2024 | 2 replies
If you have any questions, feel free to DM.
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28 July 2024 | 6 replies
Add charges for rent for the remaining months, estimated utilities, estimated cleaning and repairs and cost to re-rent (in our case: cost to PM is 1/2 a month's rent).
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31 July 2024 | 19 replies
The valuations on them appear to be completely arbitrary and in many instances the company seem randomly selectedWe had one recently from someone else who provided the opinion and the comps were 7 miles away and from another jurisdiction - whereas this property while in a more rural area had considerable sales that could have been used.If you use them to get an idea for property condition I find them to have some value but since they have no interior inspection reports, they are at best just a random guess of the value which could be off by 100%If you think residential BPOs are useless, you should familiarize yourself with BPOs on commercial property…..First, I’ve NEVER seen a BPO on commercial property that utilizes the income capitalization or cost approach.