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Hello all!I'm asking for 1.5 month's rent for security, which totals to $5,700. Prospect tenant says he counters with $4,000. He's signing a 2-year lease agreement and we already came down on the rent by $100 after ne...
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... And, has their movers literally pile boxes to eye level over every square inch of the 600sqft unit, save for a 12" path from bedroom to bathroom to kitchen. Fish tanks, boxes of stuff, things they bought and inte...
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Just wanting to point out the importance of analyzing repair costs before buying for a buy and hold. Assuming 50% expenses and spending the rest on PITI can get you in trouble.
In the last 5 yrs my duplex has average...
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Hey Guys (Didnt know where to post this)
Just curious how much you guys pay or would pay for a Landsscape company to cut grass and take care of the outside of the property. Im thinking of starting a small landscape c...
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I will be transitioning tenants at the end of the month, with a new lease starting on the 1st. I learned that the current tenants will stay until the 31st but I don't trust their cleaning skills! Now I'm regretting ...
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As the title states above, I am ready to take the leap into the Real Estate Investing world. I just finished the “The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing” book and saw Brandon’s webinar last week on how...
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Hi everyone, I’m hoping to get some advice about my situation. I apologize in advance for the length of this post. I have an elderly tenant with health problems whom I gave a rent increase letter to a couple months ag...
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Over the the episodes from the past two weeks, David from the BiggerPockets podcast has brought up that real estate will be harder and harder to from the "small guy" to get into each year due to factors like: inflatio...