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I recently completed my first year of being a landlord. The lease has ended and I owe the tenants part of their security deposit back. I had to have some repairs completed. Some things I had to sub out and have invoic...
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Hi everyone. My wife and I were looking into the Houston and Las Vegas markets for real estate investing. Trying to get some feedback from investors on what draws you to either Houston or Vegas, what are some positi...
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As an accident to start a short-term rental for more than 3 years and wanted to end it. 1) The number from CPA for this short-term is worse than any other long-term rentals. 2) the time spend for this short-term is &...
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Just wondering if anyone uses a Virtual Assistant to help run their business, and if so, how is it working for you? Would you recommend it?
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Has anyone done business with www.amplifymybusiness.com? They appear to be a lead generation company that only gets paid when you close.
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Hi All,
This would be my first investment property. The unit, in North Miami, would be paid for all in cash since the building didn't pass the fire inspection (ie. proper exit signs, etc) and wont be approved for a m...
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We bought a multiplex earlier this year running on a septic system. Something happened and caused the sewer water to backup into the units. We have already ended the leases with the tenants. Right now in the process o...
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I had always thought you had until the end of the redemption period in redemption states if no one buys at the auction. I had a short sale pending with Shellpoint and they wouldn't postpone the auction, it was held a...
I thought I would share this experience as an example of how investment expectations can differ drastically from reality. Luckily the amounts involved here were relatively small, and it was more of an annoyance than a...
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Hi everyone, I'm currently in the market for performing institutional first position notes, but I'm not sure where to start. I have Dave Van Horn's book and have listened to it twice, but when it comes to actually tak...