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Hi all,I signed up with Buildium and was hoping for some advise or tips from experienced Property Management software users. I only manage my five SFRs, nobody else's. I decided to start using Buildium now to stay ahe...
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This might be an interesting topic born from another thread.
When is buying or operating in real estate a speculative venture and when are you investing? How do you define speculating and investing, what's the differ...
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Hello all!
I am a newer investor and have purchased 2 REO homes in the last month. Both homes are desirable homes 4/2.5 that I got for very good prices.
I have listed the first home for rent, and almost everyone that...
All,
I have been watching the housing market for the last few years and it has always been something I have wanted to dive into. I have owned other businesses and I had clients that owned rental property. They gave m...
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Two questions for anyone willing to help a newbie.1) what is the point of a roth or traditional IRA if you can only add 5000 to it each year. I am 30 so that means I have 29.5 years I can add to it. If my math is corr...
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In 2017 I purchased a foreclosed 4-plex to do a BRRRR. We cashed out a state retirement account from a previous job, used cash and also partial 1031 money for the all cash purchase. In March of 2018, I got a loan on t...
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I'm very interested in LED lighting, and we're starting to try it in our home. These lightbulbs are (in theory) meant to last 20+ years (ask me when I'm 65 how that's working out.) And they are very cheap to run pe...
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Tarek and Christina from HGTVs Flip or Flop, will be bringing there class to numerous cities including Dover, Delaware and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania among other places.
The ticket is free so there is obviously an ups...
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We're evaluating options as we think about integrating a flip or two per year, in addition to our buy and hold efforts. In doing so, we're wondering what typical broker/agent splits are.
Also I'd be curious on folks...
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I have already read a lot of threads on this, I just want to confirm what I know and make sure I am on the right track and not missing anything important.1. When transferring a rental property from your personal name ...