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Welcome to A Skeptical Real Estate Dude, my weekly post here in BP, coming at you live from Nashville, TN. Every week I write a brief, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets, for all you tub...
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I have lost 25k to them back in 2003. They make big promises but didn't deliver. I want to know if you have closed any loans with them and your experience.
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Is Louisiana considered Landlord or Tenant friendly? How lengthy is the eviction process and costs involved? Thinking about some out of state buy and holds and just want to know what I am getting myself in to.TIA
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Hey, Biggerpockets community,
I have a house I'm rehabbing right now and I plan on renting it when I'm done. There's a room off the basement with a large steel tank that held oil for heating the house. I need to get ...
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I just gave a tenant a 30-day notice to vacate. Actually the 30 days starts on 09/01, but as a courtesy, I told her the clock would start on the 1st, so I basically have her a couple extra weeks to make arrangements....
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Elon Musk has just announced a new roof that went on sale today. Tesla's new Solar Roof will be available for US delivery in late 2017, and best of all it comes with an Infinity Warranty!As a homeowner, I want one of...
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A friend of mine is buying a house next week, and when he looked at the settlement package, he noticed that he's getting a special warranty deed (SWD) instead of a general warranty deed (GWD). I know the differen...
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Which would you choose?
We have a small house that we are completely gutting. We will be changing the floor plan, redoing the plumbing and updating the electrical, so we can choose either gas or electric for ...
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How are you guys building your teams for rehabs?
The way I see it there are 4 basic options:
1) Hire a guy (or two) to work directly for my llc (W-2 employee) pay hourly.
2) Hire a guy (or two) to work on a project...