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I have a real estate investor friend who needs advice. He has an SFR rental property and discovered after the most recent tenants vacated, that the property was nearly destroyed. Bid for repairs came back at $10K.
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Hello, does anyone know how much it would cost for furniture rental, staging designer etc in one full package? I asked a local designer here and she said around $1400 for two months. That sounds a bit high. Thank you.
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In a recent forum thread, a fairly new member to our community made a post which was intended to attract readers to his own site in hopes of selling his products/services.
It is clear that this person had more than a...
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1.) What was your first real estate investment?
2.) Pros and cons of the route you took?
3.) Would you recommend a beginner investor take the same path you took to get started as a real estate investor?
Thanks i...
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Hey, all! So I went to a social/networking event for real estate recently. I'm very new to this, so I was there looking for information about starting, and to see who the players in the game were at my local level. M...
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I'm originally from Chicago, but moved out to the west after college and bought my first MF duplex in Sacramento. Sacramento investing has a lot of bonuses -taxes are pretty low(~1%), rents are high, appreciation is h...
So I have a tenant in a house my LLC owns in Lakeland Florida that isn't paying. He didn't pay December and was pulling my PM by the nose that he'll just be little late which became "I can't afford this place anymore ...
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A seller is attempting to do a short sale, as they owe more on the property than what the property is worth. However, the sellers are up to date on their payments and not in default. For the sake of argument, lets say...
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hey gang in lieu of a mentor, can I pose a question? which you may answer with a question or just vote on. (Kind of like playing chess this real estate stuff espec. when life variables shift.)
I have a hous...
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Hi all. We're new to real estate investing and getting ready to look at a 4 unit locally. Great community, top schools, upscale area. They're asking 325k (price just dropped 15k). Stated gross income is $41k per year ...