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When screening tenant, it's important to check landlord references. What's the best way to verify that the landlord listed on the application is really their past landlord and is not a fake landlord (applicant's frien...
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Hello BP. I'm a looking at making a purchase in the Inglewood, CA area and hoping to supplement with rental income - either getting a roommate in a SFH or acquiring a multi unit property. I have a few options on the t...
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To Fellow Investors,
At what point in your business did you or would you choose to add part or full-time staff instead of using independent contractors?
What position did you or would you hire first?
Thanks for you...
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Hello fellow investors Question: in your opinion would you rather have hardwood floors or Carpet for your investment property and which one do you think is more cost effective Because I’m leaning toward carpet lol 
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I hear a lot on the podcasts and have read on the forums that many property owners pretend that they are not the owners of the property when they meet a tenant or potential tenant. Instead, they lead that person to b...
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The IRS issued more guidance on Wed, Aug 8th on the new Sec. 199A 20% pass-through deduction. But many taxpayers are wondering does this apply to real estate activities as well.The 20% deduction applies to Qualified ...
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Hi All,
I've been lurking here for a while. Finally a post: My company has been bought out and I am facing a lay-off from a narrow field with no competitor to move to in my area. I'd like to stick it out in West Mich...
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I want to preface this by saying we've been Airbnb hosts for almost 2 years, and this is the first time we have had a huge problem like this. For the past two nights we have had people staying in our basement which i...
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Only because I have seen the word "your" used SO many times incorrectly, I just have to point it out.
People are writing "your", where they mean to write "you are" or "you're". I have seen many posts that say some...
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ok, i want to make this short but it might run on.
i re-fied my primary residence and took about $100K out.
i just offered to buy my first rental and the seller accepted my offer.
the offer the seller accepted goes ...