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Hello people of BiggerPockets!
I am a new homeowner. The rental apartment I just moved out of is in Los Angeles county, where California law requires that a landlord returns a security deposit (or provides an itemize...
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Top of the afternoon BP family,
I’m a newbie who recently came across a formula on how to budget for CAPEX. It says that I should take the cost of the repair and divide it by how many years it will last and divide t...
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tl;dr Soon to be newbie self managing. I'm scared to death of lawfully having to choose a borderline acceptable tenant over a highly qualified one. Made a scorecard to pick most qualified; pick it apart.So as I start ...
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As a wholesaler I often found myself feeling the pressure to offload contracts as fast as possible when I was first getting started. I realized quickly, that was not helpful to me or the prospective buyers/investors I...
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Myself an REI newbie, 2 rehab/flips and 1 rental leads me to this question. I use the residential lease contract TREC, and my rental is here in Houston.
It has rocked along fine for the past year. Now, talking to new...
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Hi All,Wondering if anyone has left a welcome present for new tenants moving in? If so what? Dan
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I own a property and the renters left the property with a garage full of junk, and furniture in the apartment and turned off the heat. They are behind 2 months of their rent and we do not have a forwarding address. Wh...
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Of course an AS IS offer is attractive to seller and increases my opportunity for more deals. But how do I present an AS IS and include a inspection contingency? Secondly, when I have the contract, how can I come ba...
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I am reaching out to my fellow professionals on here: I am wondering how do you find a contractor you can work with and trust? I am not happy with my current contractor and am looking to replace him.
What is ...
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I'm trying to get started with preforeclosure flipping in King County, Washington State. I read RCW 61.34 but as a non-lawyer found it confusing, tangled, and murky. In an effort to understand it better, I went throug...