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Hello everyone,I've been studying real estate investing on and off for about 3 years now, since 2014. I've listened to almost every podcast, read dozens of books, scoured the forums and the internet, and I tell everyo...
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I live in St. Louis and looking at buying a property in Springfield, IL. Springfield is only about 2 hours from me, but don’t know much about the market. Properties seem to be pretty inexpensive. Many duplexes are und...
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I'm too old to see a lot of the socialistic changes and bankrupt cities and states that you will. I just ask one question. How do we sustain the direction headed?
CBO (congressional Budget Office) just listed the...
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Are you receiving your rents since lockdown ? Any specific government advisories in your region?
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Well it's happened. people are applying to rent our units with their emotional support pitbulls and other animals . Of course we follow all fair housing laws . but what we need to do is weed out people that have legi...
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Hello all,I have a prospective tenant applying for a 6 month lease at my 1b1b studio rental unit. She is an older woman that says she is going through a divorce and wants to move to my town so she can be close to her...
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Ive seen many posts regarding friendly cities but they are quite old. Does anyone know any sources to best analyze friendly cities (not most profitable)?Thanks in advance