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2 December 2013 | 10 replies
I will say that my biggest success has been watching what the "big fish" are doing and than doing it better or more efficient.
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3 December 2013 | 19 replies
My real point isn't just to ensure getting the pet-damage repair money.
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12 December 2013 | 10 replies
Hello everyone,I'm going through the process of splitting out my rental business from my fix and flip/redevelop business and I want to set up these legal entities correctly and ensure proper insurance for them as well.
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3 December 2013 | 7 replies
Form a landlord perspective, we are not renting with utilities included (a big plus ... we are also able to assign the water/sewer to the tenant in our SFH student rentals) and, as an added bonus, it allows us to track the performance of our buildings following the completion of a deep energy efficiency renovations.
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4 December 2013 | 2 replies
Very efficient and helpful for out-of-state investors.
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3 December 2013 | 4 replies
You will have to ensure your insurance knows it is vacant and the policy will be more expensive when it is vacant.The other question I have is, you used to live in Chicago, how long ago was that?
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31 January 2014 | 3 replies
If you are planning to make a conventional purchase (LTV <=80%) you will get more cooperation from the banks ... thought some my try to convince you to ensure it even with a downpayment of 20-25% {ignore them}.
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14 December 2013 | 13 replies
We have a couple of student houses which are probably the most energy efficient and amongst the classiest {for a student rental} in "universityville".
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13 December 2013 | 37 replies
I thought that would be a great way to ensure always having tenants in place.
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7 December 2013 | 5 replies
The property is three buildings on four 25'x145' lots (slivers of land), two are efficiency duplexes and the third is a 3/1.