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Short IntroductionI currently work full-time in a stable, but dead-end job. I am a IT Technician for an automotive company. Being a non-IT business, the pay is low, but I make due by fixing computers on the side and...
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I might be selling a website and will have around $700k to invest. I'm not an active real estate investor but I've been learning about it over the past few years. If I sell this website I will be getting a lump sum an...
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http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2009/jul/06/local/chi-landlord-dead-6jul06
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So, as a budding house hacker I wanted to ask my friends on BP:What tools come in most handy to a novice landlord? What should I add to my list?HammerTape measurePower drillHacksawSanderScrew driversAllen wrenchesChan...
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Hi Folks, I'm wondering if anyone else out there has pondered this. In Oakland, if an owner moves into a property, and that property is 3 units or fewer, then after 2 years of the owner living in one of the units, the...
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Are there any Houston area investors having trouble getting their REO offers accepted on the MLS?
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I got the results back from a tenant background check. She is 28. Credit is perfect, but she's got four criminal results. 2 are from 6 years ago (marijuana/traffic), 1 is four years ago for $1,000 of property destr...
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I am going nuts spinning in circles going nowhere so have made it my goal to just buy a turn key real estate investment in like Ohio or Illinois (but I am not region faithful) by the end of 2017. I have been doing som...