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Hello All-So I recently purchased a condo (2/2 1k sq ft ground floor apartment) at foreclosure auction here in Wilmington NC. It was quite inexpensive so I feel good about that, BUT I have two concerns and would lo...
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tl;dr Soon to be newbie self managing. I'm scared to death of lawfully having to choose a borderline acceptable tenant over a highly qualified one. Made a scorecard to pick most qualified; pick it apart.So as I start ...
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I am currently renting my 1 bd 1 ba apartment in downtown Chicago. I have a very noisy (mentally sick) neighbor living in the unit downstairs. He's a miserable lad who used to be a wife beater and we called cops on hi...
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My home city of Sioux Falls, SD made the list for the best city to flip houses according to Wallethub. I will admit that I never heard of Wallethub before this hit the news. I was surprised because our house prices ar...
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POLL: What are the areas to NOT invest in in Pittsburgh and the surround areas? This can be defined at C- or below areas that are the biggest headaches. There is a lot of speculation in the market today with the "next...
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I've had people who want to put in a fence, tear down walls, want me to remove my appliances so they can put theirs in, etc. Today I had a tenant want me to install a chain at the back door so that I couldn't get in. ...
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I am a bit concerned , my wife works downtown , a nurse at Hopkins . I think its a powder keg ready to explode . They held the fans in the stadium at the baseball game due to rioting . I remember as a kid the riots i...
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I purchased a run-down rooming house that had questionable tenants in it. After all the tenants left either by eviction or on their own I renovated the house into very nice apartments. After a fairly anal screening p...
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Hello BP community,Here is my property analysis of the day. Ideally, the tenants would pay all utilities but I've added them just in case. I added $30 a month for snow removal. Is this a reasonable cost to add for som...
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4 Month Update for Winston-Salem NC: Previous post in Market Data Thread -https://www.biggerpockets.com/...
*This is the second post in Winston-Salem NC Market Data Thread*
Winston is a medium sized city positioned ...