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Hello everyone! I'm Princess, and I am new to real estate investing. I currently reside in the great state of Texas. I am so excited to join the BiggerPockets Community, and to learn more about the process of investing.
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I just looked at an apartment that I’d like to make an offer on, but my one concern is that one of the tenants is a smoker. And I don’t know if anyone deals with that or not ...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Lakeside.
Purchase price: $398,000
Cash invested: $50,000
Sale price: $600,000
This was our first flip. I say "our" because m...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Lakeside.
Purchase price: $398,000
Cash invested: $50,000
Sale price: $600,000
This was our first flip. I say "our" because m...
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I'm putting together a networking event in Miami next Friday December 18 at 5:00pm.https://www.biggerpockets.com/...Please let me know if you would like to attend!Looking forward to getting to know some of you in the ...
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What heat tape can you recommend to insulate water lines?
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Does the phrase "I have bought most of my properties on the Court House Steps" basically mean that the properties where bought at a County Tax Sale?A lot of the Counties dates between tax sales are at least a few mont...
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Is resurfacing a pool at a rental property considered a repair or a capital expense for tax purposes? If the latter, what is the depreciation period? Thanks.
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I noticed inside my windows that there's a pretty significant amount of ice (see pic below). Granted, this was taken last week when Chicago was insanely cold, but I also had a tenant complain about the same thing a c...
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Tenant says ducts are bad. Is duct cleaning landlord or tenant responsibility? I did once on earlier about 6 months back using my money. Now tenant again asking for duct cleaning which may cost again 500$. Please advise