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If you own or manage a business, what are the biggest challenges your industry is facing? Both Pre & Post COVID19. We are all part of the Real Estate Industry as a whole but we all fall into various sub-industries...
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Ok, admittedly I am from California, and we drag out our winter coats when it dips below 50, so we don't use storm windows out here, and I am still trying to figure them out. But my properties in Indiana have them an...
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Hi all. I'm getting ready to bid on a foreclosure. This will be my first flip. I am working with a broker/builder who has put together an 'at cost' rehab estimate which I feel might be a tad high for a basic paint/...
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Hi BP my name is Michael Bailey. I am somewhat new to the investing side of real estate but have been an electrical contractor for 17 years. I just recently obtained my Illinois Real Estate Broker's license, and ...
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While wrapping up some business on a house in Detroit last week, I came across a SFH in a B neighborhood that interests me. It has fallen victim to a few of the typical things in the area (windows broken, damaged door...
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I am currently rehabbing a House that we are putting in new carpet in all of the rooms except the Kitchen, Eating Room, and Laundry room. I was reffered by my contractor to a carpet guy who came over and measured the ...
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I apologize if this has already been asked:
I purchased a condo in 2019 to flip using hard money and it will sell in 2020.
Do I enter the full purchase price in my Cost of Purchases or just the down payment on the ...
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We have a house that we are looking to sell. We had the carpets professionally steam clean and they look fair. The paint looks fair but could use some touchup and one room is pink so it needs to be painted. The back f...
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I'm curious what other investors are doing when working with contractors; do you typically purchase your own materials and have your contractor(s) pull from your personal stock or do you have contractors acquire th...
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Hi all,
Up until Friday, I was happily employed and investing passively, but aggressively by acquiring solid cash flowing single family homes that I would rehab, then rent. My business model was such that it...