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Landlording seems like the grunt work in real estate investing when you have limited funds to start. Think I should have started in wholesaling. I am considering making renting a byproduct and start wholesaling. It...
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I recently heard that they have a 5 or 10 years retirement plan but I also heard from members that the cashflow is small. A member in biggerpockets said that he make $10.96 the first year in cashflow and around $2k...
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I’m a first-time landlord (just signed my first fully-occupied LTR in Jan 2025) and have already run into my first potential tenant issue. I have two long-term tenants in the duplex—one for 5 years and the other for 7...
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Hey BP,Some of you may recall my rant about legal structures and advice from pros in a post a few weeks ago. After reading all the constructive, helpful comments and processing the frustration of working through every...
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Just got a call from a tenant parent and the January electric heat bill was $1100. In past years the highest it went was $800. The heat is all electric baseboard with one room with under floor heating on slab and o...
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Hi!I'm a software/data engineer with a background in finance and business development. I started looking into real estate investing a few months ago and encountered some hurdles with getting accurate and local data al...
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Recently I've been trying to get more leads into the funnel and ideally close more deals faster. I'm having much better success with off-market as opposed to the MLS - my most recent strategy and a big one for 2023 is...
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I'll try to keep this as short as possible as I could go on for days and days.I'm a unit owner that was not happy with the former board so I ran for the position and was voted on as treasurer. I am a Financial Analyst...
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So I run a full time mortgage business, and even though I’m in an industry connected to Real Estate; I just don’t have the time to become an active investor.My days are long and I’ve got a couple young kiddos at home,...
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Thinking about buying our first "weekly" style vacation rental home. We are looking in the Pere Marquette area of Muskegon, MI. We love to vacation in that area along with Holland and Grand Haven. This would be our fi...