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15 November 2019 | 8 replies
For now, the idea is to grow the portfolio and get some "reps" in the local market, learning about the specifics of what works and doesn't.
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3 July 2019 | 68 replies
The little I know about relating to others I've managed to learn just in the last 20 or so years (I'm 64).
2 July 2019 | 5 replies
Flooding can happen anywhere, not just in places that get hurricanes.
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1 July 2019 | 7 replies
Push for a couple grand though just in case
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1 July 2019 | 6 replies
EGI after vacancy: $14,310Repairs, maintenance, CapEx: $2,576 (18% of EGI)Management: $700 (but going to manage myself, included just in case which is why I slightly lowered it).Insurance: $1,400Prop.
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10 July 2019 | 18 replies
I know there are some great and wonderful agents, I've met them, it's just in this particular area of Southern California I have had the hardest time.
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4 July 2019 | 10 replies
She emailed me this: "If you have a profit on rentals, you will receive the qualified business income deduction, but if you want to, you can track your time just in case the IRS comes out with something new that is retroactive, you would have it."
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3 July 2019 | 2 replies
@Justin Arrington I attend an event in North Seattle that always has a good turn out.
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1 September 2019 | 17 replies
Hey @Justin Dyer, what did you ever end up doing?