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I did a search for my particular question, but did not quite come up with an answer.
I currently have a vacancy and just received a voicemail from a lady on Section 8 who visited the property this past weeken...
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Hi friends, I would love to share my situation with you and hear your opinion from your experience.
I live in South Florida, 31 years old, I bought my first house about six months ago, four bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, ...
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I closed yesterday on a REO. The bank was asking $39,900, I offered $24,230. My realtor came back and said they had mulitple offers, so I raised my offer $26,500 and they accepted.
I think it was a good deal, but...
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We are looking for deals, but the question comes: should tenants pay for utilities: mainly electric & heating oil or would you have the expenses calculated in the monthly rent? We bounced this back an forth but ne...
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Good morning everyone,
I am looking for a new fridge for my resident.
I don't want to spend over $1300, but I my budget is from $600-$1300 and I don't want to buy an expensive fridge too here if the residents
dama...
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Does anyone have experience as an owner here? I recently decided to use OwnerRez for a short term rental. There are several vendors to choose from for automating lock codes. RemoteLcok, PointCentral, etc. RemoteLock s...
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Since I'm a complete n00b here and can't offer much in the ways of investment knowledge, I'd like to just offer up my experience and research on slate roofing and steam heating. I'm as close to an expert on both as I ...
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I sure somebody can help me. My property was built in 1986 on a crawlspace. It's got a 38 gal electric hot water heater (a short one, since the crawl space isn't big enough for the normal size) that just died. I've f...
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BP furnace experts - do you consider it important to replace a gravity furnace (often referred to as an "octopus") for safety reasons?
A duplex I've had for eight years has one of these. I do make certain t...
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I purchased a 2 unit duplex (2 bed, 1 bath each) last October. Previous to my purchase/upgrades, rents were $650/$750 split top and bottom including utilities, they are now $905/(N/A). Completed many renovations in th...