Hi, new to real estate investing. Trying to learn more. Interested to see if there are any meet ups in the Raleigh-Durham area!
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Do you have tenants attempting to get out of paying rent - or paying on time - by blaming COVID-19?One of my tenants emailed to say she won't be able to pay until May 10th, maybe later. I told her we would still follo...
I bought a short sale rental house in New York a little over a month ago that had to be renovated. The gas heat was turned off last April by ConEd, the local utility company, because the previous owner had not paid t...
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For those of you who are running (or have a PM and know what they do) an STR, what exactly do you clean between tenants - especially when you have the single day check out/check in turnovers? Do you clean all of t...
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Hello Folks,I am a relatively new member here on BP and completed my first new investment property purchase in Pflugerville, Austin (TX). It's a new, 3 bedroom, single family home by D R Horton. It's been 2 weeks and...
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Hi! I rented my home to my boyfriend 21 year old brother- in order to move in his ( my boyfriend) home with our child and see where it can go. I gave the brother a “break” on the rent where I may make $2,300 a year of...
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Does anyone use a text auto responder? Like if I text a "word" to a 5 digit number it sends me info on whatever the auto responses is prompt to respond? Also if you have used a service or app, etc... how has your resp...
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Hi,
I am thinking of buying a duplex in an area I am not very much familiar with. Before buying I would like to market research that the empty duplex will really be rented and not vacant so that I can have a decent in...
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I can not find a duplex/triplex in the area im looking for one. Would it be smart to invest in building one? Or no. (i will be living in a unit as well, while renting out the others)
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Hi Everyone,I tried to start a real estate meetup and failed horribly in Columbus so I thought I'd reach out to other biggerpockets members. Would anyone be willing to invite me to the next COREE that is an open meeti...