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OK so we bought our 1st rental property... spent about 10 months of hard work and sweat to completely gut it and put it back into great shape on our own. Got our tenant and she had a good background check, a job, pr...
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We get a lot of this, and sometimes, it really does baffle me. As my profile says, I'm an affordable-housing handyman landlord running a small outfit out here in Pittsburgh and doing what I do is NOT EASY. It's signif...
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I’ve been told for years investing in real estate is the way to go but never did. I have 150k in stocks at the moment that are currently dropping because of the Coronavirus epidemic and I’m looking to take my investme...
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I'm a newbie with BP and I would want to own properties, but because of the pandemic, it makes me wonder how tuff it will be to find and really screen potential tenants. Anyone has thoughts on this, please let me kno...
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Hey hey hey BiggerPocketeers!!!Have you heard that we're hosting ANOTHER BiggerPockets Conference?The first one was such a hit, we're doing it again in New Orleans! Join us October 4-5, 2021. You’ll hear from some of ...
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Hi BP!
I got into a pre-sale for a condo in Tulum, Mexico with the idea that I would Air BNB it and also go in visit through extended periods. I'm supposed to receive the keys this summer and they have been making gr...