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I'll admit, I'm totally confused about easy permits and the required inspections. It was our understanding, per 2 different professionals (an architect & licensed GC), that we do NOT need rough inspections when do...
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Hi,Summary :Our Loma Linda home listing has been active for since June 21 with no offer yet.House is in decent shape overall but is rough around the edges ,Front lawn dead. Previous tenant did not maintain well. I ...
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Hello everyone, I am a practicing pharmacist/ pharmacy owner from San Jose, California. I recently stumbled upon BIggerPockets and am now obsessed about REI. I have zero experience in real estate investing, but I am i...
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I'm a newbie with BP and I would want to own properties, but because of the pandemic, it makes me wonder how tuff it will be to find and really screen potential tenants. Anyone has thoughts on this, please let me kno...
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Economic Update(Monday, February 1, 2021)
I’m starting to really like these Executive Orders. Consider this; in less than eleven days, President Biden issued over 50 Executive Orders, including; rejoining the Worl...
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My goal is to purchase my first STR this year or early next. The location I have my eye on is a 3 hr drive from my home in a vacation destination. My question is: How do you know whether to hire a management company o...
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Does anyone have a good example of a letter that they use to do direct mailings? I've been thinking about starting a mailing campaign to pre-foreclosures, but I'm in need of some inspiration.