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10 March 2019 | 59 replies
On maintenance, you can sometimes get away with 3%, but to be safe I always put this at 5% minimum (even with a rent of $2000/month) and fairly new (2005+).
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5 March 2019 | 42 replies
More competition drives prices up and returns down.
4 March 2019 | 15 replies
Wish I had a dollar for every time I heard one of those cattle call radio ads for investing seminars.I now drive around and hand write letters to find rehab and hold properties.
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4 March 2019 | 27 replies
I believe Tim is playing it safe and well focused by having the tenants sign a form about it.
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31 March 2019 | 10 replies
This is a low barrier to entry and a very safe first investment step.
16 March 2019 | 3 replies
Or should we play it safe and wait until we can refi?
7 March 2019 | 2 replies
Others might love points to drive the rate down.
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16 February 2021 | 11 replies
A lot of it is simply driving around.
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4 April 2019 | 21 replies
Capitalism works in such a way that individual initiative and desire to put capital at risk is what drives things forward, and many of the really beautiful buildings in Oakland (to me) appear run down because that equation has broken down.
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11 July 2019 | 10 replies
It sounds the owner has not provided a fail safe feature.