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We rented our house out for the first time ever starting last November. The tenants seemed good on paper and wanted to sign an 18 month lease which we thought was great to have it rented for so long. We had a water ...
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My client will be selling her LA area rental house and plans to 1031 into another investment. She wanted a vacation rental house within a couple hours drive, but in California, the cities are banning and severely res...
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Hi All,I'm just starting out this journey with a friend of mine who is a realtor. We have money lined up and about 140k to start between the two of us. Currently in Los Angeles and that kind of cash doesn't go far. My...
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Pretty much any house you walk into in America has compression shutoff valves at the water line hookups under every sink and behind every toilet in the house. These compression valves where never designed to last. The...
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I've recently began looking at multifamily properties (1-4 units) in Long Beach, California and was curious to understand your opinions of property managers. My partner and I work in the finance industry and regularly...
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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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So I purchased my first home as an investment short term rental near Disneyland in Anaheim CA. I've owned the property for 2 years and now the city has changed the laws and no longer allows short term rentals. The nei...
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I have a property I am interested in bidding at auction and need help figuring out a max bid. this will be my first auction purchase. I have some experience working for my dad as he has around 30-40 cheap rentals, but...
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It seems tough to RE cashflow investing in San Francisco Bay Area.
I know, it's not impossible.
How are you doing it?
What does it take?
Do you have wear several hats like pm your property, rehabbing the propert...
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Given wholesaling is not a form of investing in real estate...perhaps licensee's and true investors should start thinking about a push to do away with related discussions...