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Hello everyone, I am a new landlord with little experience and wanted to get some insight on a rent increase I am planning on my rental home. It hast been 2 yrs since the tenant moved in and assuming they want to sing...
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I'm working on getting my first property ready for rent in west Cleveland, and I'm wondering how to handle the water bill. I know in some cities it's paid by the tenant but in others it's paid by the landlord. How is ...
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Hi everyone!Our goals are to 1. create non-401k retirement cash flow and 2. reduce our dependency on our wage jobs over time. We think the right way forward for us is to buy and hold cash-flow-positive rentals, (SFR...
Hello, I am looking to be partial owner of a property that is 2 blocks from the beach in Southern California. I would be sinking most of my earnings of $150,000 into this property to own 11%. The property would be pur...
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Yes, this is an angry kind of post. I don't have much patience or sympathy towards the annual flood of "Terrific End-of-Year Tips to Cut Your Taxes" webinars, podcasts, articles and whatnot. You want a sample of this ...
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The numbers are in for 2021... 6 doors acquired in 2021... 8 total doors owned (all SFR)54k in rents, 24k expenses, 30k cap ex, and 30,500k in PITI...For a grand total of -31k net cash flow!!!but...400k equity growth!...
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Back in November (2014) I closed on my first REI property. A 'turnkey' duplex in Chicago. I went with a well-known turnkey provider and posted initial updates in this thread:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/92/to...
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PART 1: INVESTING IN REAL ESTATE, the Why, the Where, the What, the How, and the How Much:
In mid-2017 my wife and I decided to go back to what had been one of our passions in the mid-90's, the ownership and manageme...
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Since I mostly just look and give instructions to the Super, it was a real "turn back the clock" moment for me recently when I was trying to meet an inspection deadline-not enough manpower to get everything done. The...