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In fact, it's damn hard. I'm in the middle of trying to refinance my own mixed retail and residential property with US Bank. Actually, I'm done with US Bank. Despite a LTV of 40%, despite top tier credit, despite a 16...
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So, finally got the second tenant for the duplex and almost lost them the same day. The tenants are responsible for their own electricity and gas, I pay the water and trash. My mentors have advised me to either, tak...
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Hi BP!
As new landlords, we do not have enough experience with the screening process, and would like to get advice from others.
We have a married couple wanting to apply and I am planning to use Cozy to screen them....
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I have a young single mother who is paid every two weeks. I want to offer her the option of paying her rent every two weeks as well. Here is why.If her rent is 1000/month she has 12 x $1000 payments per year. However ...
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I love reading these, so now that I am in the big (well, minor) leagues, I thought I'd start one too.On September 8th, I, my husband, father-in-law, and 6 week old son made the trek down to the county court house for ...
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We are considering buying a house, which was listed as-is. The house has a lot of issues and requires a lot of work. Our offer has inspection contingency with void only, given the house was sold as-is. Can we go back ...
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This is my first off-topic thread (I think) and I am starting it because I think it has a valuable lesson for newbie BP members who want to make it big.
As you guys know, I travel a lot internationally and, as a resu...
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This week will mark the 3-year anniversary since I purchased my first property, a turnkey single-family home, in Kansas City, Missouri. After receiving a lot of questions from prospective investors on my purchase...
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Greetings all, I have listed my basement apartment located here in Toronto on many websites, including realtor.ca since July. There were many interests, shown the unit to many potential tenants, however, it appears to...
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Hi everyone!I am a new REI in the Bismarck community. I was wondering if there are any meetups or REA meetings that a newbie would be able to attend? I am also looking at networking with local REI in Bismarck or Fargo...