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Trying to figure out a good formula to use when buying a rental property? I know income-expenses. But what are some other expenses or things I should consider or look out for?
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I hear it is very expensive to build in Hawaii. I had a nice timeshare there once but the owners sold to new owners who kept raising annual maintenance fees until they were so high it was more affordable to rent a con...
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Hi Everyone,
We are getting ready to rent out our primary residence as we search for a new home. We have paid off solar on our current residence that powers the entire home. We are planning to leave it on when it be...
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I have done some research and everything I read says that Depreciation is factored out from the expenses that they count against rental income, which makes sense. Here is the problem I'm seeing though, it seems that ...
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Hi Everyone,
I am curious and would love to know how you would split utilities amongst yourself and the tenants. This would be a house hack so you will be renting out the other rooms and sharing the common areas. FY...
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I have heard a lot of people on the Bigger Pockets podcast using $30,000 as a estimate for rehab costs on a property. What can you get done with that amount of money? Let's assume it's a 3 bedroom, single family, 1,50...
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Would like to have conversation with a rental property investors in my area. Would like to know how you got started, what pulled you towards real estate investing, how long did it take you to scale. I’m wanting to jum...
I have advertised a higher end rental property and I have had no interest, any tips? Any advise on somewhere I can advertise that may reach my target audience?
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Re-posting this to hopefully a more appropriate forum...The local utility company is expanding services to our part of town and are requesting an easement on one of our SFH rentals in order to run a water main through...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Haslet.
Purchase price: $230,000
Cash invested: $57,500
Contributors:
Melissa Barnard
We bought a 2012-build home...