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Greetings everyone.As some of you know, I'm building a new house in San Jose, documented here: http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/522/topics/154... , which scheduled to be finished in a couple of months. So I'm itch...
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Bad news announced today. The new release is removing the ability to contact guests by hiding their emails and phone numbers and filtering them in the messaging.Given the fact VRBO is awful in vetting the guests, this...
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I’ve mentioned over the past few years to be careful how you pump and promote short term rentals to people in search of real estate. As I said before, when people take loses, they file lawsuits at anyone associated.Di...
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Should I be worried if a contractor wants a 50% deposit (initial payment) on a 15 K interior paneling project? The material cost for this project is very linear over time. The first 100 square feet of paneling costs t...
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As I continue to explore and prepare to be a REI I am finding people around me being very doubtful and advising against. The feedback is always about the headaches, constant tenant problems, constant repairs, evictio...
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Hey All - Super n00b here.
We remodeled our basement and added a kitchen. There was plumbing and electrical that was added. There was also a washer and dryer added upstairs. We then added a wall to close off the wat...
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Since getting in real estate 11 years ago, I knew I wanted to buy rental properties. Then in 2013 I finally got the shot to do it after finally finding a private money partner to go in with and start buying. Since Jul...
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Hi everyone, I'm considering purchasing a property in Orlando close to Disney World for both personal use and also for investment purposes. Looking to connect with anyone who already has a vacation rental in Orlando,...
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Hi everyone,
I currently live in the Bay Area (California) and I’m interested in getting into real estate investment. My goal is to start out buying a multi-unit property in early 2021. Ideally, it’d be somewhere in...
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On 5/3/2023 the City of Kansas City, MO announced that Short-Term Rentals will be completely banned in ALL residential zoning! I had not taken it seriously until I read a couple of articles outlining their plans. Mo...