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hi there.
I'm a first time poster and I'm looking for some feedback on a potential deal here on a triplex in the Philadelphia PA area.
This is my first foray into real estate investing, and I would like to know what...
As a lot of real estate investors already know (and newbies may have heard), some tenants are very hard on rental properties.
One of the biggest challenges is keeping the bathroom as carefree as possible. We all kno...
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I'm look for answers to my question both on a specific situation (which I'll describe) and as a general overview.This is my first rental. Tenants moved in a month ago. Summer is in full swing now and in my location it...
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- How do you handle your security deposit? Do you use it for fixing the damages during the tenants stay? - When the tenant leaves and demands security deposit back, how do you handle this? - In PA, I can hold for up t...
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I'm considering a jump into residential real estate as an investment opportunity and have read about the Rule of 1% and Rule of 2% (i.e. monthly rent should be 1-2% of the property price). I understand they aren't nec...
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So I'm still poking around and looking for how to invest in RE. I haven't purchased an investment property yet, but am currently offered a private financing deal w/ a neighbor/friend.So my neighbor a few houses down i...
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I am new to rehabbing and wondering what more experienced rehabbers do when faced with winter conditions and a slower market through the snowy season. In the past when I was strictly flipping properties that I had un...
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I'm pretty fresh to investing, I'm in the middle of my first deal right now and it was a pretty odd one at that ( a rehab on a purchase option with a plan to use the rental income from the property to pay for the prop...
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Chase requires new home buyers to put 20% down and have a 700 FICO. I believe the national average is around 7% for first time home buyers. What I don't understand is they still offer their DreamMaker loan with 3% dow...
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Hey all, I am currently under contract and ran into a big curveball weeks into my purchase. I’ll explain:I am currently renting a house in St Petersburg, FL with a detached garage/apartment on the property, which my l...