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My fiance and I recently bought a duplex in Illinois that is on a spetic sytem. We called the city to have the water turned on. When they came to turn it on, they were unable to turn the valve. I was surprised were th...
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Hi All,I am a newbie and had started researching on real estate investment a couple of months ago. I am 27 and would like to buy my 1st house. However, I am confused, if I need to buy an existing property/ build a new...
How does one go about finding the percentage of renters on a block, or in a neighborhood, of SFHs?
I know for a condo complex that data is available via the HOA.
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Hello,Was going to start construction on a two story 3bd 3.5ba 1500sqft primary home and a 2bd 2.5ba 800sqft ADU. Looking for suggestions on any specific building materials, fixtures, accessories, furniture, and tech...
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Evening all,
Hope this post finds you well, feels like we have been running in circles for the last few months with no clear path in site. To which I turn to the most trusted community in RE.
Myself and two of my b...
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Hi everybody!
My name is Alycia, sorry for the delay on the profile pic I haven't been able to get on a computer instead of smartphone to add one.
I am totally new! Right now I'm in part 1 of my CA real estate lice...
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I just got my hands on a current list of tax delinquent properties for my county. I have a list of 83,000 delinquent properties from 2013 and 65,000 from 2014. The tax sale for 2013 starts at the beginning of August, ...
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So im looking at an REO, it was listed for auction Feb 2014. The bank bought it back a month later at said auction. It wasn't reposted for sale as foreclosure till December of 2014 at 125k they dropped the price late ...
There is a house and there is a condo that looks nicer and was sold cheaper. Should I compare them or single family homes cost more than condos? I dont know anything about condos
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I bought a 1965 home for myself next to a town known for flooding. All of the sidewalks are pitched into the property so I need to have everything regraded. The backyard has a concrete patio that you can see has sun...