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Hello all, my rental property's fence fell down and PM fixed right away. I asked my PM to ask that neighbor to share the repair fee, PM said the neighbor told them the fence is belongs to me. I then asked PM to send m...
Written by a baltimore city landlord recently....perhaps the funniest thing I've ever read.
Thanks Mary Jo, you raise a wise point. To Chris, Heather and everyone else who was asking about how these turned out, par...
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I received a question about profitabilty of being a PM. I thought about it. I've had PMs at times 10% of rents. I'm thinking around here average rents are probably $500, that's $50 bucks plus first months rent.
$110...
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I met with a small local bank this week working to refi some SFH rentals that are paid for in cash. This banker told me that some report he gets just came out and said that SFH rental properties are one of the worst ...
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When entering a new market, what is your most reliable technique when reaching out to work with new realtors and why? I have been using Zillow's Find an Agent tool and the basic Google search but only about 40% of tho...
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Hello,I am finished with my first rehab and the home is now under contract. Thankfully, we will make some profit but I have learned something about contractors: they always OVERpromise, and they UNDERdeliver.In our sp...
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Another CA sob story but after searching the forums, I find situations not exactly like mine so here goes.This starts out same as other stories, I had a tenant on a lease, she moved out and left her daughter and her h...
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Here is why (I believe) sending multiple mailers to the same group is a bad idea. Keep in mind this is my take on it. Use your own logic before you just blindly follow what everyone tells you to do (me included).
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This is a long post. But its a newbies play by play for finding new deals. Let me first start of by saying that I am a proud newbie real estate investor. You were once where I am now. And I aspire to be where anyone r...
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I probably should have joined this forum a year ago, before I started looking to invest in an income property.
I bought a month ago and I'm now close to having the property ready to rent.
I'd like to submit the par...