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Hi all! I'm Andrew Sanborn, an aspiring real estate investor living in San Francisco, CA. I'm looking for connections for guidance and strategies for making my first investment. As a Building Engineer, I know how t...
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Hi BP Friends,Does anyone know if a workers compensation insurance is needed when hiring a handy man to help. I am in the State of FL. Thank you,
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Am I paying my project manager too much? I feel like I am paying him fairly but my family and friends cant believe I am paying a handyman about 75K a year or $1500/week - (PS we are in Cleveland market so 75K is a goo...
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Hi everyone.
I've been constantly listening to the biggerpockets podcasts and I have one question that I havent heard them answer. Its this:
What is a good starting job to really develop talents for real estate inve...
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How much would you pay for 13 hours of spackling and sanding the Sheetrock ? I’m in upstate New York .
Our handyman sent someone in his place. The sub didn't shut off the water main & broke a pipe. Water went everywhere, damaging our unit and the unit below. The owner of the unit below is already talking about mol...
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What is your biggest roadblock right now in real estate investing?What are you doing to overcome it right now?Just trying to get a convo started, have a good weekend everyone.
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I would imagine having an experienced and successful person mentoring or guiding you when first starting out is a major plus. Just curious to see how many people actually had a mentor and how significant having one vs...
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There is a property I think would be a good rehab candidate, but I'm wondering if anyone has partnered with a builder or contractor on something like that (this would be my first flip, and even if I gave some money up...
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So my fiance recently acquired her real estate license as part of our plan so we could have access to the MSL listing to find our first property to invest in, most likely a flip. My question is, how is it looked u...