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Economic Update
(Monday, October 19, 2020)
At its core, real estate is a people business, and being kind to people is a business approach that never goes wrong. Being kind builds a positive image. It earns trust...
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Every person will be different, but how many properties have you found to be manageable to manage by yourself? At what point did it become too much along with your full-time job?I'm planning to buy 10 rentals over th...
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High my uncle is a real estate investor and he is looking to retire he wants to sale some of his properties and willing to sale them to me at a discounted price some are commercial and some residential the commercial ...
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I have a applicant who's pretty eager to rent my place because several other places have already turned him down in favor of other applicants. I think the applicant has been looking for at least two months since he ha...
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Looking for any advice. The good, the bad and the ugly. I have a family in one of my long term rentals. In early December last year, one of their children had a medical emergency in the house and had to go to the hosp...
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My husband and I were divorced in 2012. We filed the paperwork ourselves without an attorney. On the property / assets / debts portion it states under his name "debts" (mostly credit card debt) and "asset: House Prope...
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Houseshare/roommate setting.
Had one person want to bring their 60 pound dog. Said it was house-trained, not kennel-trained. Young tenant, probably 20 or 21 years old. Friendly breed of dog. Would you rent to that si...
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It's incredible how many videos, tutorials, webinars, and the like are primarily about "buying your first property" or " how to get out of analysis paralysis", but don't really go into much else.
Now that I bought m...
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Hi all,a little off-topic but I think it is an important matter.So, the bank asks you to have Life Insurance to protect itself. It can be either your own or you can pay extra for your monthly mortgage payments.I happe...
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Hi BP-ers!Recently my REIA hosted a speaker from a firm who write self-directed IRAs. This seems like a valuable tool for investors but when I spoke to my accountant about it she said they could only be opened by indi...