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Why wait? I want to start house hacking and living a life of financial independence by the summer of 2025. This gives me under a year to start looking for properties and building capital. I would love a few tips to ge...
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Hey allI'm looking to see if any landlords in Massachusetts have gone through the process of submetering heat (natural gas). I have a property with one boiler and one gas meter with six zones each with its own thermos...
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Hey gang, So I'll try to make this post as detailed as possible with what I'm currently going on, and I thank you in advance for your help and guidance. I've had my eye on this property for a while, and it has actua...
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Hi, everyone. I am a wholesaler in the Portland, OR metro area. I am currently working a deal with a seller. He wants $157,000 for the property but it is in terrible condition. The property is zoned r5 meaning that I ...
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Does anyone have a fee built into their lease if you have to file for an evection? Not the fees associated with the filing, but a fee for our time.
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Lately, we've been marketing directly to "mom and pop" owners who want to retire. Their books are usually more or less useless in a lot of ways: No management fee, no labor charges on repairs (they do their own), thin...
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I recently bought another rental property, SFR. The fence on one of the sides of the property is in terrible shape and could affect the ability to charge market rent in my opinion. I contacted the owner of the house n...
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Okay a friend of mine are teaming up to cover more ground in the whole selling market and he wants to use a Realtor to sell these houses that we come across cause he seems to think the Realtor can sell them faster th...
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My name is Cody and I am new in the real estate industry. I am currently a associate at Midland IRA a Self-Directed IRA company. I heard about biggerpockets.com through a few people I have met at real estate meetin...
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Hey fellow BP members,
I've seen a lot of posts from buy-and-hold investors who talk about not doing high end finishes on a rental property. Though I am newer, this strategy is flawed in my eyes for several reasons...