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Thanks to the great advice I got from the folks on this forum, I now have a great tenant in place for my first rental starting 6/1, and we are putting an offer on a duplex later this week, so exciting! So naturally I'...
So, I was listening to the BP podcast and the subject of how to do background checks on your renters came up. I was wondering, how exactly would or should you turn down a tenant that has bad rental history so to avoid...
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Okay Bigger Pockets friends, I recently purchased my ticket to the Fortune Builders 3 day work shop. I wanted to reach out to my BP community and ask if anyone has personally attended this event, if so what was your o...
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On Monday I just accomplished my first closing on my first rental property. I am looking for rug recommendations. Currently there is bur-bur in place, and when looking into purchasing a new rug an associate mentioned ...
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Not sure if many people here go step by step through their process of acquiring and setting up their STR or any rentals for that matter. I am new to STR but my wife and I are under contract expecting to close end of ...
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Hello all! It has been a few days since my last post; therefore I have new questions.
In 2006, we purchased a SFH that had been flipped. A few months after we moved in, the house started to crumble around u...
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I have a possible tenant stating they do not have to pay a non refundable pet fee to have two small dogs live with them in our property because they are therapy dogs for her dad of which she is the caretaker for. To m...
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I have had this debate on another board with investors as well as my hubby. What do you guys think about someone wanting to stack up lots of rentals as an investment so that in 10 to 15 years they can sell or continue...
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I've been debating on getting my first rental property, however having experience with investing in the stock market, I understand the critical nature of 'getting in at the right time.' Sometimes that isn't an easy ca...
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Do you have any experiences with Chicago demo court ? I have a property that's a good material for flip…but I would like to find out if the demo court is really tough to work with. Basically I would not like the situa...