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I recently purchased a rental in an undesirable area. I have identified a property manager, but how should I go about securing the property while we rehab?
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So it seems that once every few months someone gets into one of my houses and steals something. Usually copper but I just had $400 in plumbung supplies taken. Any ideas on cost effective ways to try to prevent this? I...
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Good Day!Does anyone know of a company that can sub meter Gas and Water in the Chicago area?Thank you!
What are people's opinions on purchasing historic homes? Living in Upstate NY there are a good amount of historical homes (particularly brick) and I think it would be great to have some in a portfolio. What are some i...
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Hello All,
I am looking for my first Brrrr property and my question is, when looking for properties to implement the BRRRR method, how bad of shape should a house be? Should the property be gutted to the studs? Sho...
I'm in research mode and am planning to make my first purchase in 2016.Lots of the training and success stories on the internet are based on USA investors and properties. When comparing to the Australian market it is ...
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Hey BP,For those of you who are doing larger deals (50 units plus), how much value are you looking to add?How much are you looking to raise rents to make it worth it? (100? 200)How much are you aiming to increase the ...
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Hi Biggerpocketters,
I am currently reading Brandon Turner's book 📚 and I have noticed that he kept saying when it comes to expenses that need to be paid each month, he would include utilities.
Aren't utilities paid...
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Hello everyone,
I'm currently analyzing a single family house hack which I'm planning on renting the basement as a seperate unit and I'm wondering if how to bill the utilities once I move out and both units are rente...
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Hello everyone. Hope everyone is doing well. I have a property in the Bay Area which has an ADU in the back of the property. I'm interested in splitting the some of the utilities like the electrician, gas and if possi...