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I am approaching my first full year of using direct mail as a marketing tool. Last holiday season I did not mail from Thanksgiving until after New Years. I market to absentee owner, probate, inherited and will start...
Added home renovation costs can ruin your plans to own the perfect rental property. When this happens, how do you come up with the extra funds? More importantly, how do you prevent this from happening altogether? We’v...
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I bought a home at auction, everything is online. I had to postpone settlement my cash wasnt as fluid as I thought. Ill have to postpone once more, well settle by Oct 4th. THE CASH IS ON ITS WAY. Where Im buying the w...
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Hello everyone!
I was introduced to this site Saturday by my cousin who is mentoring me in the buy and hold market in Pittsburgh. I have one property that I bought 5 years ago from a family member and now am trying t...
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Check out this listing over by me, I searched the county website and the last thing that came up was the foreclosure, so this property had to been completely renovated by the bankhttps://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/...
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My wife and I have been saving up for quite a while to buy an investment property and are looking at one in Hampton, NH for a short term rental. It is 2 bedrooms and 1.5 baths with central air and a garage, but only 1...
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Next weekend, I'm spending a few hours in one of my units with a list of items that I want to check as we head into what I expect to be another brutal Minnesota Winter. At the top of my list is the furnace checkup. ...
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Hey Everyone,
I just signed up to get "back in touch" with the investing community. I was an active investor from 2010-2013 where I did rehabs and wholesaling. From 2013 until now I have been running direct m...
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I live across the street from a new apartment building in Minneapolis, MN that didn't have to provide parking as part of the build. We live close to the light rail so I guess the City thought people wouldn't have car...
What is your maintenance routine for keeping your rental property in good shape (roof, HVAC, etc). Are you familiar or using any system to alert you to possible damages?