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I have a rental property in which my tenant stiffed me for more than $8,000 for stealing, damaging property and late rental payments. My rental agent filed against the tenant and I received little more than a $4,000 ...
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I need to know the best way to track tenants who take off and leave no address or contact information. I think this is called skiptracing, but I'm not sure how it all works. Please let me know what I need to do to t...
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I recently purchased my first deal back in October. I made plenty of mistakes, but I will save those for another post. The biggest issue I have run into is with my general contractor. I found this contractor from the ...
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This would be my first deal and I think this is the correct place to post, if not can the mods please move?
I need to know if this should be approached as a short sale or approach in another direction. Here is the si...
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Hello everyone -So I just wrapped up my first year as an investor and landlord (great experience so far) and I'm in a situation where I need to decide whether to take one of my tenants to small claims court or just ea...
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How is it that we can be turned down for a $250,000 HELOC when we own our home (no mortgage) which is worth $550,000, a duplex we bought last year with $80,000 equity that's worth $240,000 and a business that has bee...
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I'm looking for some insight. I went to an auction to observe yesterday. One house I was interested in was bid high by the lender. His bid was clearly at the ARV level even though the home was in foreclosure and neede...
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I'm looking to start a real estate portfolio out in Des Moines, Iowa
It would be for residential homes.
What kind of people can I meet out there?
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Like many others, I have had a negative experience Joint Venture investing with Scott Carson and his company Inverse Asset Fund LLC. I’ll share my experience in the hopes that it will help others who are thinking of ...
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Is it safer to own a property free and clear rather than leveraging? If the real estate market crashes again like it did in 2007-2008 aren't people who are leveraging at a risk to loose everything?