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Hi, everyone! What are your thoughts on Cozy or TurboTenant?. I will own five units from two properties by mid-August. I want to manage them online as much as possible. Both of these free management tools look promisi...
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Hello,We will close on my new house a month from now. However, we will like to keep and rent our townhouse. We currently live in Holly Spring, NC area. We were thinking on covering the HOA and pest control to the leas...
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I will be a remote landlord. I stay in a different state from were i purchased my property. So i will have to hire a good property manager who i can trust to run ship. @Eric Fernwood referred me to " Golden West" p...
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Hi Everyone. New real estate investor here.
A bit about my background. I am an insurance broker and a hedge fund manager and I am about to close on my first rental condo in NYC. Since I have two full time businesse...
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Hi,We are going through the screening process with our first tenants. Does anyone have any tips to do or not to do in this process, or maybe something to include in the lease agreement that I might not think of?
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Hey folks, so this morning one of my colleagues posted (from another person) some reasons why sec 8 can be very difficult. Well, you will see my responses in bold that show the facts vs some guy sitting on the interne...
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I don't have any rentals as of yet, but it's an area that I'm hoping to get into. I was reading an article (from the REI Expo magazine, if you're curious) and it mentioned "coverage against rental income interrupti...
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Does anyone have any recommendations for easy to use property management software for a small owner managed portfolio?
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I'm finding a lot of people can't come up with three months deposit; plus I'm wondering if they have a good background check; verify job;no evictions; or criminal background; is it OK only to charge first and last mon...
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I just closed on my first single family rental last week. I have some work to do inside and am planning to have it ready to rent by April 1st. When should I start advertising, now or in a couple of weeks when it is in...