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Working on creating my policies for becoming a landlord in Chicago, IL before i buy my first building because of the highly ambitious goal of having 1000 rental units by the time I'm 40 (which will be in 13 years from...
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Hi guys,i'm a new member of BP and super excited start investing! I am moving to Denver from Baltimore at the beginning of June and i've talked to a few realtors about owning a property here. I know this market is ver...
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Hello everybody! I didn't really see a more applicable forum, so am posting this here. If I missed a better one mods feel free to move it or let me know.
Short Version (Because I can get wordy!):
Any suggestions o...
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We bought our first home this past summer and didn't realize how bad of condition the walls are. We knew we had a few issues, but now realize almost every wall in the home needs work to look decent.We had planned to s...
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I always thought I did a good job of screening, gut checking, red flag observing – the usual seasoned Landlord stuff. My process:Credit check, criminal check, social security verification, former Landlord verification...
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We manage our first AirBNB(not list on other platform yet) for 6 weeks and served 6 group of guests. Leaned lots valuable thing.Guests are good which helped us passed the nervous beginning time when all of them are fa...
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If a tenant has a clogged sink, is it my responsibility to handle it or theirs ?
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Hello everyone,After many detours I'm now ready to jump into this both feet, is the water cold? Been reading the forums and listening to podcast for couple of months.My name is Dave, I'm from Ireland (Dublin) and have...
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I recently bought two SFR's in the joliet illinois area. Now that the rehab is almost done, I am looking into getting a loan on the properties to obtain cash for a new investment. The few traditional lenders I have sp...
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Hi all,Is text and/or email an acceptable way of discussing pending issues with your tenants? Or does any communication regarding rents, fees, utilities, etc. have to be done via mail? If for some reason you end up in...