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I'm reading Avery Carl's book "Short-Term Rental Long-Term Wealth" and she mentions setting up a designated business account and making housekeepers fill out a W9 and paying them through direct deposit or an o...
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Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone had an automatic payment system setup with their tenants to receive monthly rent payments automatically. This way you don’t have to physically pick up rent or wait for them to m...
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Hi All,I'm a real estate newbie (for now), but thinking of interviewing various property managers in investment markets of interest to start building the teams in preparation for that first deal..I'm sure there is a ...
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The more I look into buying my own rental properties, the more I wish I knew about the details of the process. I know Lorain County Community College offers real estate courses designed to meet the pre-exam requiremen...
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Who recommends getting a Real Estate License before first investment? If so, what is the best place to get licensed?
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Looking for advice to get our books in order, so to speak. We now own 10 units - our first deal. Should we hire a local bookkeeper? Use a new app? Use property management software? Open to ideas. Thx
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I'm getting ready for my exam, woman from the school I went to says test is open book. Two people who took the exam last year told me it's not. I don't think the woman would lie to me. Thinking maybe the rules changed...
I have a potential first brrrr home and i posted a question about it early on on the bigger pockets Facebook page. Well, I want to start getting prepared to look for a hard money lender if possible, and on my Facebook...
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I have been doing some research on the BP forums trying to find some answers for this. I did some digging and was able to find a list of probates and Fiduciaries from the past year for my target market which I am loo...
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I just started working on getting my real estate license though RealEstateExpress.com. Hoping to start part time at least at first. I thought an online brokerage seems like a good idea. I'm pretty tech savvy and th...