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I'm about to close on a property that will be my first vacation rental, so I'm starting from scratch. I'd really appreciate some advice about how to get started when I get the keys. One of the first things I think I s...
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There is a bill proposed by Chris Ward district 78 called the California Housing Speculation Act that proposes charging a 25% additional tax (an income surtax) on the profit (above the regular tax collected on the pro...
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I've been working with a contractor on some renovations and they are threatening to take me to court. We do not have any signed contracts in place. What we have is a good spreadsheet with a list of tasks, and as the...
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I'm adding two pages to my website. One page for distressed homeowners to submit their property, and possibly receive instant cash offers. The second page is for investors to register and possibly receive those off-ma...
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For commercial real estate investors, syndicators and others involved in the field, investment terminology can appear to be an alphabet soup of mysterious acronyms. There are three in particular that are related to th...
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Ok, here's the deal. I've been spending hours and hours looking at single and multi family homes for the past week or so. I've been searching out of state, because New Jersey properties really just aren't an option fo...
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Hi, I'm Florent from Toronto, Ontario.Newbie at investing in general, I have decided to start looking into it a few months ago and I am now ready to make a move.I currently work a full time job as an engineer and I wo...