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I am a newbie at being a landlord. My late husband and I had a small studio on the Chicago Gold Coast. My tenant fell over his own cane and then called 911 in the middle of the night. The fire dept used crowbars to...
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Hello all, I’m a new member and this is my first post. So I have a property 2BR/1BA I paid cash for. It’s a fixer upper for sure. I purchased it for $40k and plan to put about $5k - $10k into it for a ARV of $75-$85k....
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Hello fine people of BiggerPockets. I currently work full time in logistics. My wife, Mav, is a stay at home (property manager) mom with our 5 month old son. We are fairly new to the business of buy and hold deals. We...
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I am recently licensed and bit confused about how it works to purchase property with a real estate license. I know that if its a FSBO we can just do the sale unrepresented and simply disclose to the seller that I am ...
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I am always looking for ways to leverage. As a landlord, the more properties you acquire, the more cash you will have to deal with and store. With every rental comes a sizable security deposit that you will hold ont...
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I need advice on a real estate contract.
I signed a list contract with a local agent. The house at the time was not ready to list. I came back this weekend to finish the renovation at this time potential buyers came...
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I heard plenty of the experienced guys say that there a lot of bad wholesalers. In other words, they are peddling homes that don't make sense. As a re-newbie** it's kind of hard to tell what a good deal is. Let me ...
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My partner and I just sat down with an accountant in Buffalo and were not impressed with them. We are in the process of closing on one property and will be picking up the paperwork on another in a couple days. Any hel...
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What were the biggest lessons you learned from your note investing in 2020?For us, these were the two biggest:1. The structure of our funds led to our ability to withstand the extreme volatility and effects of the pan...
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Hi, I'm hoping to better understand what I need to know and any pitfalls of a potential partnership for my first deal.
A little background, I currently rent in a very high COL city with high income and a decent amoun...