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I am curious about shopping center investing, how is it similar to apartment buildings, what's the difference in terms of operations and operational expenses, etc?
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My property manager contacted me yesterday to tell me that I have a colony (20-30) Brazilian/Mexican Free-Tailed Bats living in the chimney of my rental property. The house is an historic property and I'm told that th...
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Hi there So I signed up with DCReia (real investors) as a newbie investor because I wanted to learn how to get started and they seemed to have a good reputation in the area. I was told to pay a retainer fee because t...
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Just want to check how you all do with 3x rule where rents are high.
for eg if rent is 2100 3x is 6300. Do you bend a little to take 2.5X?
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Hey everybody! So I have run into a situation and was wondering if I could get some advice from everyone on what you all think. I’ll give a run down of the deal so you guys have a good idea of what I’m looking at and ...
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I would like to turn my primary residence as a rental property in the next couple of years but it has pretty extravagant landscaping. I do not want to pay to maintain the landscaping as it is thousands of dollars a ye...
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I'm not so sure this is a question of what contractor to use, but it is definitely about whether there is a better time of year to get a foundation repaired.Anyway, we have a rental in Fort Worth. We had some foundati...
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I am evaluating 6-10 unit apartment buildings and wondered how others have structured seller finance deals?
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I was referred to a mortgage broker for a re-fi on a rental property that I own (refinancing out my private lender in to long term financing). Long story short, late in the game, the mortgage broker has informed me I ...
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Hello BP! First post here! My wife and I have been looking at opportunities to buy our first property, with the intention of adding value over the first couple of years in the home and then transitioning it into a ren...