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What proactive measures do you take to increase profitability on your rental units? Here's some things I have done recently:
1. Challenged tax assessments.
2. Hired a firm to handle the 2nd round of assessment chall...
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Hello experts,I'm looking at a couple of duplexes that look good on paper in terms of numbers and cashflow for a buy-and-hold rental investment, and are in a strong rental market. However, these units are right on the...
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Hi BP family,I have a single-family income property in Grand Rapids MI. I'm looking for a insurance company focused on income properties. Thanks in advancedJG
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I am looking to buy a duplex in NE TX area in the next few months, due to work relocation. I would like to live almost rent free. I have done some of the preliminaries on this property, but it appears to me that I...
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Hey everyone,My offer on a four plex was accepted yesterday, so I am super excited about the deal.I spoke to my mortgage broker and let her know that I wanted to do the mortgage in my soon to be created llc. She tells...
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Buying first property and wanting to do all the homework I can before I make an offer. Here's the deal:
-Historic home in central Florida.
-asking price $85k (short sale)
-25% down. 4.25%
-$2030 taxes
-$1709 insur...
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Hello, I have a question about shielding my personal residence. Quick background, I have a paid for house and my wife and I have saved enough cash on the side to get into the brrr game. Still very new and learning. I'...
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I have heard from numerous insurance agents that the way they would write policies for an LLC would be:-Primary Insured: Mortgage Holder (Individual's Name)-Additional Insured: LLC But if the LLC's name comes up on th...
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What kind of process do you go through when analyzing deals?
I've been practicing by analyzing 1 deal per day and I have a very general grasp on all the factors that must be taken into account and the process, but I ...
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I own a condo in BC but live in the US. I had issues with renting out the place earlier, and the current rent doesn't cover even the mortgage interest, let alone other expenses like property tax, insurance etc. The cu...