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Hello, my name is Garrett Pickering and I am a resident in Tucson, Arizona. So right now I am in a pretty interesting predicament. I’ve been wanting to invest in real estate for a very long time, (since I was about 16...
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Hey BP! This will be my first time filing the Schedule E form as my medium term rental in Tampa, FL became active the 1st of this year. I need to pull forward deductions from 2022 that went into preparing the property...
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Hey yall... new guy here, Name's Don. I hail from the south west part of Wisconsin and am actually a renter myself primarily due to circumstance. My wife and I grew up in WI but did a stint on the east coast for about...
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I bought my condo in July 2023 as my first property with the intention to rent it out in 2 years (June 2025). I called the HOA before I first bought the property to inquire about their rental restrictions. They said t...
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In July, I moved into a 2 family that we purchased using FHA financing. We are now interested in moving to another area of town. I know you are supposed to owner occupy FHA properties for one year, but I am having ...
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I'm curious to know for my business model. What is your turnover rate and the percentage of tenants that leave damages to cause you to not return all of the security deposit?
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Being a landlord and real estate investor has its challenges. If that were not the case then this forum and bigger pockets would not exist. We have all had our fair share of trouble tenants and sticky situations. It i...
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My Husband and I have recently moved into a one bedroom apartment on the ground floor of our Landlords home. After only being her tenant for 7 days she informed us that she is selling her home. We were officially serv...
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Hi all,The owner of the property management company managing by rental unfortunately passed away a month back. Their attorney had reached out and mentioned that the company was out of business. The tenant had prepaid ...
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The numbers are in for Jacksonville's market in April.
You can look at them in 2 ways and I think they are both applicable.
Year to date and monthly performance.
We are behind 2019. Independent of current circumst...