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We had sewer water backed up into a multiplex a couple of weeks ago. Our PM sent a water damage company onsite to extract the standing water on emergency.Later the company called and asked me to sign a contract so the...
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Our General Contractor is requesting a 28% downpayment upon signing the contract for rehab work, prior to any work being started and he claims that he has been doing this for decades and never had issues with that bei...
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So I am going to be doing a major renovation on a unit. Current rent is $1150 but I believe I can get $1500/1600 if I ball out on the renovation. My question is what type of hard surface countertop would you use? Gran...
I just picked an 8 units aparment building for only 25k in cleveland. It needs quite some work but not too bad for me since I got a good reliable guy who will only charge me 5k to get it all rent ready. Any other comp...
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Hi everyone,Does anyone have experience buying existing businesses? What are some things I should look for? Here are my concerns:- Providing false records of income. The thing about this business I can look in their p...
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Hi everyone
I'm not a new member, it's been a while since I registered, longtime lurker here. It's my first post here though.
Anyway let me get into the details.
I'm a real estate investor...
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We have tenants that for various reasons we would love to get rid of if we could. I was just able to get a hold of a previous landlord who told me that they broke their lease agreement with them, however on the renta...
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A very common question around BP Nation is how to choose contractors and where to find them. Moreover, so many newbie investors ask how to estimate the costs to repair the property to bring it to the highest market va...
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I hired a contractor to instal 1100 sf of tile because the Store where I brought the tile suggested him to do the job. After he started the work I noticed that he would leave my job for hours than come back and t...
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Hows everyone doing? Just wondering how most of y'all pay contractors. I got a few bids from contractors I've never used before so I'm thinking about not paying them until job is complete cause I know sometimes the...