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Economic Update
(Monday, August 31, 2020)
The US economy got crushed in the second quarter, with the worst decline in real GDP for any quarter since the Great Depression. However, the good news for real estate...
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So I've got a problem and thought the great minds on this site could help me out with my bookkeeping issue.
Our business is starting to grow to the point that keeping the books is taking more time than I want to spen...
Mind Blown: For the longest time many people have posted so many negative things about banks etc. Myself included..... then I thought about it: Why tf would I hate a partner with virtually an unlimited bank account? B...
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So I like to ready different real estate article on a daily bases from forbes, yahoo, msn, realtor.com etc... Today I came across the most ridiculous article! It simply states that Fannie and Freddie see short sale fl...
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Hello everyone. I'm new to owning rentals, I have 2 duplexes (Newburgh Heights and Shaker Heights)I had a very good relationship with my property manager until recently. He was always slow to send things like invoices...
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Hey folks - so I have a property in a lower-income part of town and almost every tenant who applies has a pitbull. (The animal, not the singer!) Anyway - tenants today know the game. They just need to say "it's a serv...
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Hi there,
I'm am brand new to the BiggerPockets site and love all the information here! Thank you so much! I have a few questions regarding tenant screenings...
1) Does anyone have suggestions on screening for "good...
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'Tis the season for CPA hunting. And every year there're dozens of repetitive threads on this forum asking/debating/complaining about the CPA charges. I will try to assemble all related questions in this one long post...
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Does anyone have any experience with alternative financing using subject to? Would like to structure my next deal with this but I am having trouble finding an attorney or title company willing to transfer deed. Can...
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NMAR (Northwest Montana Association of realtors) The title company told me this morning that the head of NMAR just sent out a memo (haven't seen it since it is confidential????) declaring SS double closings illegal!...