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Hello all, Im about to retire from the Navy and am super excited about becoming a Real Estate Agent. I have been on board with an all military affiliated team with Coldwell Banker Vanguard;The Military Group for about...
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Hi fellow landlords,This year I have been particularly lucky to have 3 AC units blow up and 2 properties have flooding due to sewage back up in my properties (all SFRs). I wanted to ask the experts here if there is a ...
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[b]Had a close call recently. Had a wonderful 2 handle faucet that was slightly running (smashed washers, couldn't shut off 100%) and a tub drain that couldn't keep up with it. Luckily we were able to avoid a big disa...
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Hi Everyone,I have been on this forum for quite a while and got all the motivation to start real estate investing from here. I have finally saved around 50k to start investing in real estate. I live in California but ...
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I've been to see an REO that's been sitting on the market (built in 1970). It's in reasonably decent shape but it does have aluminum wiring, which I would need to have replaced for insurance (and safety) reasons if I ...
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Hello all, I have recently stumbled across a commercial project in Boston that was a "Net Zero Neighborhood". In short this means that it produces more energy than it consumes. This type of project I believe has tr...
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Go or no go. I live in California, the investment property I am looking to buy is in indiana. Currently, the distressed property is listed for $25k. I have one bid for $40k to do a complete gut job. Arv is $75k per th...
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Hi everyone,I was wondering if anyone had any experience or could provide some insight with the below:I will be TDY regularly to the same location for extended periods of time (60-120 days a year) and will be authoriz...
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In December 2019, I had posted an article outlining 8 separate deals I put under contract (totaling over $1M in real estate) in 12 months. Here’s that original article here--From 2 to 18 Units ($1M+ in Real Estate) ...
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