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Hi All!
I'm a newbie and am taking steps toward acquiring my first residential rental property. Since I live abroad outside the US, I'm planning on starting off by buying a single family home in the Kansas City, MO m...
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Quick question: what's your professional recommendation for maintenance and damage costs? Do you hire contractors/subcontractors that you know or
use franchises like Servpro, Merry Maids, Stanley Steamer??We
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Hey Bigger Pockets community,I was wondering if anyone has a form that they use (with great success) for handling tenant complaints and/or potential repairs? I have 3 properties, but one of them is an old (110 years) ...
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Hey guys, so I need some advice. My wife is an attorney and works from her office in our house in Atlanta,GA. We have discussed what we would do when she out grows our house and we have decided that before the year is...
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Hey guys, so I need some advice. My wife is an attorney and works from her office in our house in Atlanta,GA. We have discussed what we would do when she out grows our house and we have decided that before the year is...
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Hello BP family,
Can I get your thoughts on the pros and cons in paying for one on one mentorship/coaching with a real estate investing professional? Does anyone have any experience with working with Matt Theriult a...
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I have rented my condo in august 2013 using property management service.
Tenant paid whole year in advance ( lump sum/single payment ) .
I have received sum of 9000$ from property management and that is aft...
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Hey everyone!
I've been lurking around BP, soaking up everything from books to podcasts for a few months. Now, it's time to finally take the leap and write my first post.
A bit of a background: two years back, I mov...
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Can a self storage facility owner/operator qualify as a real estate professional if it is their full time occupation, and meet the 750 hour material participation and greater than 500 hour rental real estate activity ...
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Hello all. Looking for some advice as I did not find an answer to my specific situation. My parents are wanting to transfer their paid-off home into an LLC owned by their 4 adult children, me included. This was a h...