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I've been renting out rooms in my house for about 9 months now, on leases ranging from 3-12 months at a time. The experience has mostly been great so far, but at the beginning of May a new tenant moved in who has real...
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Hello, my name is Ethan. I'm 22 years old. I want to save up and buy my first property but idk what the best way to save that money is. Should I use a traditional bank account? Should I invest my money in bonds/stocks...
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Hey folks, happy ho ho to you all!Question...I'm now two years into my first STR - a cabin in Murphy NC that is doing fairly well for me. It took a year of painful lessons (the first of which is that NOBODY will care ...
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Hi everyone! I am a new investor in the Hampton Roads Va area. In January I rehabbed my first property. The job was supposed to take 6 weeks it ended up taking 11 weeks. The intial budget was 73K including the price...
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My goal in writing this forum is to motivate other young people to work hard, take action, and take risk. To show them that you don't have to be exceptionally smart, or have tons of money.For a long time I didn't like...
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So you've got some tools and an eye for design, and you want to put your skills to the test in one of real estate's hottest trends: flipping houses. There's a lot of information out there to help get you started, from...
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Full disclosure -- I knew things were probably coming to this. I've had to send overdue notices several times this year, and a notice to quit twice (this is the third). I tried to work with my tenant but they simply d...
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Hey everyone, hope y’all are doing alright. My tenant just moved out and she left 38 small holes in a room. Should I and could I take their security deposit or portion of it? What would you do? She also lost one of th...
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