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When should you pay a contractor? Should you pay them in increments, with a deposit in the beginning, again midway through the project and lastly once the project is complete? Or is there a better way to protect both ...
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Hi All, I was initially looking to invest in Phoenix and Tucson, but Casa Grande recently caught my eyes as an emerging market as I saw home prices have increased quite dramatically in the last 12 months. Anybody here...
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Hello everyone (from overseas)! 皆さん、こんにちは!It’s my first time posting here and I’m completely new to the world of REI so please forgive my ignorance on the subject. I’m hoping to network with people who are either curr...
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Good afternoon. I've been a member for 4 years or so, but I got distracted for 3 of them. Now, the fire is lit again, and I'm motivated. I have been in discussion with 3 owners of a single family home that has been a...
Hello.I recently purchased a multifamily property in upstate NY.I hired a contractor to renovate a part of the property, we signed a contract and i did my part in paying him on time. The process of working with this c...
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MH and I just bought a 3 family at the end of October and kept all the tenets.1: Woman, boyfriend, her son & grandson - mother to 3rd floor tenet.2. Couple with 4 children.3. Woman, boyfriend, their son & boyf...
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I'm remodelling my 1965 home that has the oh so popular wood wall paneling instead of sheet rock interior walls. I have seen plenty of hones with beautiful hardwood floors that were covered with carpeting as well. Whi...
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His POV is that he’d rather have the cost of all the improvements built into the monthly mortgage payments than spend the time and credit card/debt to complete improvements on a fixer. We focus on STRs but ensure the ...
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I’m a real estate investor in Knoxville, both flips and rentals. I decided recently to become a licensed affiliate broker in the state of Tennessee to have faster access to listings, comps, get in doors, etc.. I’ve a...
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Servus aus Bayern! Hello from Bavaria! (I'm actually writing this from Poland but live in Bavaria)I’d like to share my REI story as it’s been a wild ride and I know a lot of you out there are just getting started and...