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Hi BP,My wife and I are going through a cash-out refi, and are having an appraiser come to our home within the next week. Please provide any DIY tips on how to receive the maximum value for our house. Your feedback is...
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Hello,Would like to ask for opinion/advise how to deal with the tenant's requests upon moving out to return the security deposit and half of the paid rent for the last month. Please read the correspondence below betwe...
Hello,My current tenant is in the process of moving out. She gave 30 days notice and was supposed to move out fully on 8/18. She had begun moving out and was not living in the property since 8/12 but still had lots of...
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Hi all, I had a quick question. So we just recently closed on a rental house and for cabinets, I'm thinking of buying a used set (pics attached) since we want to upgrade the current outdated kitchen cabinets from 30" ...
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We bought a REO and finally got to do the first walk through this weekend.By the time I got to the master bath, the stench was almost overwhelming. But then when I say their most recent reading choices, I lost it!At ...
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which brand of locks do you use at your rentals?
The good stuff Medeco? Baldwin?
Middle of the road Schlage?
Lower end kwikset?
Or even Defiant from the home depot?
I...
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As the title says, my tenants went 3 months without paying their rent. They have since been evicted, but it has been close to 8 months since the eviction with no money in sight.
What are my options? What would you ...
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While most of us who invest in real estate (or anything really) understand the financial risks we are taking - how many of us really stop to think about the potential risk to our personal or families safety?
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Below is just one example of the many websites and forums popping up around the country, depicting landlords as greedy, evil monsters. What's most interesting is the growing number of people that believe housing is a ...
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Hi All,I had posted about a year ago about tenants brought in by a new property manager. It seemed to take them a long time to rent the property and I had a bad feeling about these tenants from the start. This was bec...