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Economic Update(Happy Martin Luther King Day)
Predictions for 2021? As 2020 has shown us, the world can throw so many curveballs at you that predictions can be about as useful as new year’s resolutions. In that s...
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A couple years ago we turned down a deal to do a TV show with the producers of the show Ice Road Truckers on the History Channel. That was a tough decision because the typical pay for a deal like this is $500,000.At 1...
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Got a unit that turned over and the tenant left the unit smelling real bad. Can't really put my finger on it but smells sort of like body odor, cigarette smoke and uncleaned clothes. Doesn't quite smell like they smok...
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I have agreed with a seller on an offer price for a triplex which will be my first REI. According to the seller's agent, the first tenant has lived there for 16 years, second tenant 6 years and third tenant 6 months. ...
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I have a vacation rental going online next month and one thing I haven't completely figured out is the laundry on a short turnover. I was hoping to have my cleaners come and spend about 2 hours preparing the 2bd house...
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My basement smells - not a moldy smell but something else. I was really hoping that someone can help to point me in the right direction.
Here is the background information on the house.
I purchased it 2 years ago ...
We bought a home on the Oregon Coast that was an active STR. It hadn't had any updates in a long time, we are going through and picking them off one by one. We've swapped out the old 40 gallon hot water tank (for a ...
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Hello,I am in the middle of my second flip as deal manager, and I am trying to figure out the best way to keep my contractor's motivated?This is the second flip where we have realized during multiple weeks the contrac...
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I own a note in Redding California. I located, through public records, some people who either bought notes in the past or lent money secured by real estate in the Shasta county (not the owner finance people - only ...
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Bigger PocketsI met with a gentleman last Friday who approached me online through a group that Im a member of. He identifed himself as a "deal architect." I didn't really understand what it was he was trying to get me...