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I recently closed on a property in San Antonio. Half of it is a commercial property...a bakery. My insurance company is requiring a few different repairs. One is "clean the cooking equipment ventilation ductwork". I'm...
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I am actually looking as a tenant at a place and it is currently occupied and has a decent scent of cigarettes. The landlord confidently told me that he has a remedy that he used in the past that was successful.. Have...
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Hello everyone! My name is Armando and I am a new real estate investor in Columbus.
A little about me: I graduated from the Ohio State University in 2017 with a B.A in psychology and I also completed pre-medicine al...
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I'm new here and wanted to check with the experienced ones about how they manage their portfolio whilst having a full-time job. I am thinking of starting with a couple of units and then perhaps outsourcing the managem...
I am feeling frustrated and trying to figure out my next step. I started in real estate as an agent in 2009 with Keller Williams. Let my license expire in a difficult time in my life. Took all the steps to renew my li...
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Agree or disagree?With nearly 46% of hosts qualifying for the designation, it's not sufficiently helpful for guests to determine quality over time!To illustrate my point:SuperH.=New Host with 10 positive reviewsSuperH...
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I am trying to make a decision on what to replace the carpet with, damaged due to heavy smokers. Since it was carpet before and I am wanting to do away with carpet upstairs. How would I go about to deduct from tenant'...
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I am learning a lot of info and one of the things I stumbled across is the 1% or 10% rule for holding real estate is this still applicable in California? If not what are the metrics you care the most about for investm...
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I'm still lost on the idea of Direct mail marketing... How exactly do you go about this? how do you find the people/houses to mail the letters too? do you go around driving and write a list of houses that may look lik...
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A few years ago I decided to keep my house and rent it out when I got married and moved into my husbands house. I simply put a home warranty on the house for $500 per year and when anything broke, like a garbage dispo...