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I'm currently a college student majoring in Finance and I was wanting to know your opinion on which states are the best to invest in real estate. I currently live in Illinois and I know the taxes her...
All- I am about to take on a bathroom rehab in our rental, as well as cosmetic updates throughout (new paint, maybe paint the kitchen cabinets). The question is, when should I list it? The new paint job should hopef...
Hi guys, I just had an applicant for a rental unit who has owned his own home for the last 3 years and doesn't have any landlord references. Would I just fall back on the credit/background check? If he wasn't paying h...
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I am managing 20 rental units while working a full-time corporate accounting job. I'm able to do most of my management duties during my lunch breaks and in the evenings, with the exception of occasional phone calls a...
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I am interested in an area in southern Illinois, it has a few multi family properties that come with tenants, but they have been listed for a while. I’ve seen the listings from 200-1150 days. Is this a red flag I shou...
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What do I do? I have a new tenant that presented herself as "just getting out of a serious relationship", single mom. The day after she signed the lease a guy started showing up pretty consistently. Now only two weeks...
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I have one tenant who has been on time with rent payment since the start of her lease in January. However, since her paycheck schedule changed from 15th/30th to every other Friday in Nov, she has difficulty to pay ...
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What can a buy&hold guy do to shave an extra $100 off monthly expenses without taking on additional work for himself? Tips I've gathered so far are a combination of the following: challenge property taxes, shop fo...
Yardi published a September Rent Survey for multis and Sacramento leads year-over-year rental growth with 11.1%, followed by the Inland Empire and Seattle (both at 9.0%).While rent growth keeps decreasing, multifamily...
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Hi there, I live near Edmonton Alberta Canada. I am new to real estate and I want to know how to buy houses and keep buying houses without the bank telling me I'm maxed out for borrowing.
My main goal would be the br...