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Anyone have a referral for good Skip Trace companies?
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I've seen some comments on recent posts along the lines of "...but I won't be investing in California because the laws and regulations are very unfriendly to owners/landlords." On paper I recognize California is a hig...
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Hello everybody! I am so glad to be here, and it’s so great to meet you all. Allow me to introduce myself:My name is Samuel Jolicoeur and I am a 22 year old native Floridian originally born in Naples and raised in a s...
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Hello BP!
One mistake I think many new landlords, myself included, make when starting out is that they don't think about WHO they want to rent to and WHAT unique value / amenity they have to offer those rente...
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I hired them last year to act as maintenance/property management for my Dubuque properties, after Cory reached out to me on BiggerPockets in response to a post I made. I thought things were fine until recently, I had...
I just bought my first rental property about two months ago. I put the property up for rent just over a month ago. I’ve had many inquiries and only one application that did not meet my qualification standards. Going o...
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Would you (self managing owners) pay a reasonable fee for a service to market your rental property and screen applicants? One full months rent seems steep to have a traditional property manager place a tenant.
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I just responded to a post with regards to "income source" as being excluded as a reason for a rental denial, but it is rooted in a fear of "perceived" illegal discrimination.I noticed that immediately the advice is t...
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So I've been in real estate for a while now, but I've primarily flipped homes and invested in single-family rentals. Over the last year, I've been educating myself a lot more on apartment buildings and although I feel...
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I have a PM because I am an out of state investor. My PM collects rent, book keeping, finds and screens tenants, etc. I’ve realized most of these things I can do myself. One thing that I might have difficulty with is ...