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Hello, our rental home had a/c unit drains into the p trap in one of the bathroom and clogged the sink in upstairs. The tenants were out for 24 hours and came back found it and the water had already flooded out to th...
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realestate is not rocket science there are no hard concepts to master, tough math etc.. but u do need to know the basics, and own a cheap calculator. READ everything, and ask questions. I started out reading the real...
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So I'm currently working on getting an additional rental. I've been having the worst time with the sellers as of late. Most recent seller is refusing to turn on the water for any reason so unfortunatly a big part of t...
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I've been doing research to get into the REI game in the Central Florida area over the last couple weeks and I had heard that Redfin was almost as good or even as good as the MLS for major metropolitan areas. I've bee...
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Hi BP Family,I am an out-of-state investor and own a 2bd/2ba apartment in the Vickery neighborhood (also known as Vickery Meadows) of Northeast Dallas. It historically is a rough area with high crime but seems like th...
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We have had a set of tenants that had kids with some special needs and they were pretty rough on the house. Wonderful family paid on time always and we sympathize with the needs of the kids. We went above and beyond f...
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I'd like to start a discussion regarding 2 different rent collection options. I'm comparing "Rent Payment Now" through ARPOLA to "eRentPayment". On the cover it appears that "eRentPayment" may be more cost effective w...
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Ok...so I have an entry here in this forum somewhere buried under at least a years worth of others' introductions. I have been MIA off and on over this time span but plan on being on here regularly from now on. I cu...
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I apologise if this is miss subjected... I am currently a tenet in the upper apartment of a two apartment home. I would consider it to be a small two bedroom. I live in New York so our winters are pretty cold, bu...
This post is to sum up all of my experiences renting and to teach renters including landlords about renting and owning a property. Jan 2011 Pittsfield, Massachusetts. 1/1 apartment style building. Lessons learned: Non...