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Hello BiggerPockets,
Recently, i have become interested in buying a home for my mom in So-Cal. Can anyone share any advice on Family Opportunity Mortgage
I focus most of my time on real estate. I left the practice of law a few years ago. I was doing small pieces of big cases in commercial litigation. My job was extremely research intensive and involved too little pe...
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For those that have STRs, has anyone used HostShare.co? I've exchanged our place with another host by on a 1-1 bases.Host share seems to have an interesting concept of exchange available nights but within 5 days........
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The owner (or property manager) of large commercial building failed to properly collect CAM charges going back 4 years. The leases typical provide for a yearly reconciliation statement from the Landlord and a re-adju...
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Have a small 644 sq ft condo that has always rented to 1 person. Now my tenant emails me and says fiancé is moving in with her. She has been good tenant, 1+ year, no problems pays rent on time so I'm going to update l...
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We were just notified by the 2nd mortgage bank that our SFR rental has a balloon payment of $29K due at the end of the year. This throws a money wrench into our finances for the next few months as we have a short sale...
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So i am getting ready to close on a duplex which comes with a tenant in one unit. My plan is to househack it and live in the bottom unit. Any advice on how I should collect rent? Are there websites I could use to help...
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I purchased my first rental property (duplex) not too long ago. The previous owner was charging very low rent on one side. The other side was vacant (cash for keys). I spent a substantial amount of money renovating th...
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I just got nailed by the Judge for, as he called it, "egregious late fees"! I only charge one amount for late fees, $50. I use it as a deterrent to lead the tenant to paying on time. The rent is $600 and the late fee ...
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https://www.sparkrent.com/app/tenant-screening/
I wonder when it will actually go live, I've been looking for an easy to use online tenant screening service that won't charge me an arm and a leg. Who knows wh...