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Hey BP, how has it been filling vacancies during COVID? Any observations or tips on things that helped you fill vacancies with high quality tenants right now? I'm house hacking in West Oakland / Emeryville and about t...
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We are no longer in the industrial age. We are now in the Information Age. And therefore, there are some who believe with the proliferation of information and the ease of googling everything that most information is f...
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I have a few single family rental properties. At some point I was hoping to move some or all of them into apartment complexes via a 1031 exchange. My question is, at what point is it not worth it to bother with settin...
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As i have been told in any business, its always better to use someone elses money to invest even if you have your own. I recently bought my first property, and it has a positive cash flow. I'm looking at buying my ...
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I reside in Texas. Currently my brother is sentence to 4 yrs in jail 2012. Prior to him going to jail he had started a home modification with Wells Fargo on his home loan. I decided to move in the property to help ...
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One of my rentals I self-manage has 4 working women in their late 20's on the lease. Instead of looking up and writing out there 4 first names in every email, when they email me and when I email them do you think its...
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I am about to make some decisions about our first rental property. I have a possible tenant, but have concerns after looking at the credit report. This is a husband/wife, with the husband being the sole earner. he qua...
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What is the best way to get started in running a halfway house.
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A tenant has asked me to write a letter threatening eviction (even though he is current with payments) so that he can use it in order to obtain a hardship loan against his 401K in order to clear up some unexpected bil...
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Hi all!! As a newbie I have run into some problems with General contractors and I have decided to create a list that will be useful for all of us.
If you have that contractor or person that should be avoided please ...