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I'm a newbie, and for my first investment I'm gearing towards an out of State STR, where I can also use as a vacation home and depending where I'm at in my life, retire there. Is an STR a bad idea as a first investmen...
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First flip & the death of a partnership: Metro Orlando
First flip in Metro Orlando with photos! For my purposes, I define Metro Orlando as everything within a 1-hr commute to downtown Orlando. I use this definiti...
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Hey there everyone! It’s been a pretty awesome (and hectic) 11 months for me. I went from having just one rental at the start of the year, to having 3 houses close at the same time, with rehabs of various difficulty...
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Hello BiggerPocket members,I'm probably in the wrong business but does anyone suffer from landlord guilt? I have a rent controlled building and petitioned to do a capital expense rent increase, which will raise the mo...
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Hello awesome BPsAfter pushed out from the competition, I am going to put an offer on distressed property in the hot area. The property has been sitting in the market for a while and it needs a lot of renovation - the...
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I spend a lot of time in the forums, and have read lots of negative stories about property managers. I'm looking for PM stories where they did what they said they were going to do, or went above and beyond.I know @Ali...
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I left of the last R because even though it would like to repeat in Brooklyn I'm not sure my credit will stand it at this point. I bought this building in June of 2007 for 714k 2160sf bulking was vacant. I used and F...
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Would you rather have $200k (after taxes) right now, or would you rather have $800/mo cash flow + money from future sale? I am anticipating "Well, it depends on what your goals are" as an answer. I want to know what Y...
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Greetings all,Just getting started in making Real Estate my living, but not new to owning property, being a landlord, or dealing with problems. I will share some of my own stories later, but for this post I wanted to...
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I have a townhome in Nashville, TN that is managed by a company. Tenant moved out Oct. 1st. It took two weeks to get a quote on carpet and painting and my management company refuses to market the property until everyt...