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I have looked into the subject of interest-bearing security deposits and I have a few questions about the setup. So in California there is no law that requires this. I am asking because I view it as a benefit to the t...
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Hello, I am currently working things out with my friend/roomate/landlord to settle and pay rent. So, the crazy thing is that both he and I got lazy and fell far behind on rental payments so I haven't paid anything in ...
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Well, its been an interesting few days. I lost my job Thursday. Id appreciate any advice. I figured Monday would be the best day since 9-5'ers are at their desk probably sneaking onto BP or full time investors are con...
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Hi all! I'm new to real estate investing and figured I'd start a thread to document the journey. Feel free to offer input/advice as I'm looking to learn from those more experienced and successful than myself. A bit of...
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Thought this would be a fun post. Here is a list I created. This is targeted more towards beginner investors so I left out the advanced/high cost strategies. Feel free to add to the list with any of your own tips. Hap...
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Hello everyone,Im just starting to get my feet wet in real estate investing so I'm going to go ahead and apologize for all of the dumb questions I'll be asking haha.Now that that's out of the way, my name is Matt. I'v...
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Hi all,New Oakland investor here and was hoping to get some advice/thoughts from experienced multifamily experts in the Oakland area. I've been looking to house-hack my first investment, as a means of utilizing max le...
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A fellow contributor here, John Carbone, sent me a link yesterday to a lot for sale in the Smokies. The price certainly seemed reasonable. It so happened that I know the owner of the lot. He is one of our homeowner...
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Hello everyone. For STL area, what are you doing that is working for you? Fix and Flips, B and H, what areas and what aquisition methods? I have been out of the game for awhile, and furious how things are with the ...
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Hi,So I'm on the fence on this one. I'm leaning more towards paying my debt off first to.A few years ago (2015) my wife and decided that the monthly credit card/tax/medical/students loan bills were getting out of con...