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New investor in Birmingham AL area - I'm closing on my first property, that I intend to turn into a Section 8 rental. As an out-of-state investor I'm looking for a qualified and reliable property manager. Look for rec...
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Working on a cash out refinance for two investment properties in DC. Credit agencies aren't reporting correct revolving credit line balances/utilization and lender is suggesting rapid rescore to increase fico. There's...
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I am looking into hiring a property management company. One of the company is asking to be on the insurance policy. Is this normal?Also, if I fire them, they want a full rent commission until the lease end. Is this ex...
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I made an offer on a vacation home that is pretty dated inside. We are not good at decorating and are looking for suggestions.I will have more pictures this weekend but right now this is all I've got.The laminate floo...
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In my scenario the property was being marketed as having “Central Air” cooling and it actually spells It out on the listing twice so I didn’t question it and after seeing so many properties that day i assumed everyth...
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Hello BP, my tenants in California would like to get a small hypoallergenic dog. I love dogs and see no issue with this but would like to know how to proceed in terms of the month to month lease they are on and if it ...
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I am in the Kansas City Missouri area and new to real estate. I have a line of credit through my bank but can not get a loan to purchase property if I was to give up my first born. To start I have an excellent cred...
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Hi! I'm Vanessa. My husband and I own a home in the north suburbs of Chicago. We both, somewhat inadvertently, fell into owning 2 rental condos in Chicago. Both of the rentals were ours before we married and bought a...