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Bill Gulley,
How does one go about evaluating a vacant commercial property?
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Hi all, I have had some experience in small real estate investing but a friend of mine has approached me to start investing in short-term rentals. I am aware of the main differences and landscape but was just curious ...
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Anyone have an efficient method (and economical way) to track down sellers of vacant properties?
If I don't find a better way, I'm going to take my returned letters and trash them (I'm just too ADD) - but I know there...
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Is there anyone who is doing long distance investing? investing out of there country or state? Cause I want to know what measures do I have to take before investing in another country or state.
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This is in Missouri. One of my tenants stopped paying rent in October. He then called me in mid-November and said he had moved back home with his parents, and he would no longer need to rent the unit. His lease run...
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Well sort of. I have to pay back taxes of $20k and about $1k in back water. And, yes it needs a full rehab but if I did my numbers right after all is said and done I'll be sitting pretty. I close this week so once I d...
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Hello All,
Renovating my first property and I made a rookie mistake, a major one--I found out that my first contractor (who came recommended) is unlicensed in California!!!
I am two weeks into redoing several of th...
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I am wondering if building would be better than buying. I live in Portland Oregon and the cap rates for multifamily are around 5-6% max.
My idea is to buy some land, and build a 4-plex on it. House hacking on one of...
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