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I own 1.75 acres in southern Oregon that I want to develop into approximately 40,000 SF of self storage.Anyone have any basic "rule of thumb" or "cheat sheet" operating expense formulas that I can use for a proforma? ...
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I would like to ask everyone to post your experiences between two possible marketing strategies.
One is a direct mailing using postcards with addresses purchased from a list broker and the second is using an opt-in fr...
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I live in CA where MH parks are around, but not very popular (about 4.5% of total residential housing). Finding the lot rents are easy enough, but how do I find what the unit itself would rent for? (I plan on buying u...
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My partner and I are closing on a house that has older awning windows. We knew we had to replace the operating hardware that is a scissor type arm with the rotating handle. We have to replace 21 of these operators tha...
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Anyone have any experience in changing the color of the existing asphalt roof shingles without actually replacing them? Is there a special paint, stain, or sealant that'll do the trick? I'm looking to make a switch fr...
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Greetings everyone, I have a two family house in upstate NY and after renovation I decided to put out the two apartments for rent. I posted on craigslist and I got very low or minimal request but a friend suggested th...
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40,000 BiggerPockets Members! :wowo:
This is yet another incredible milestone for BiggerPockets!
I'm so proud of what this site has become, and I can't believe how many people we've managed to ...
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I'm composing my letters that I will be sending out to homeowners facing foreclosure and I am wondering whether I should put my cell phone number in the letter or if I should put my Skype number.
The problem with t...
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My area is too expensive to get started in. City and suburbs both. The rural areas don't have much rental or sales action going on. This is my biggest hurdle. I just don't know where to look and thats why I havent got...
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Are there cleaning protocols/check lists/new practices and methods for cleaning an apartment before renting it out now that we have a covid-19 pandemic? Somehow I think that the old scrub and dust isn't going to cut i...