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Hi If anyone can give some adviceAbout 8 months ago in June 2023, tenant complained of water leakage in one of the rooms, I sent my handyman to take a look and looks like the HVAC air filter was completely blocked, it...
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Hello all!
I am writing from Wylie, Texas where I live with my wife and 3 kids. we recently moved from Dallas, to get away from the inner-city feel. My wife stays at home and homeschools our 3 kids. I used to work co...
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Hi all,I have been growing my portfolio over the last 5 years and currently have a mixture of 5 rental properties, 1 flip in progress, and 1 single family house that I decided to cash out on the equity and sell. (unde...
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Hi everyone, my first post here.
I'm buying my first home and it's a foreclosure. Been empty for a year and only on the market for 5 weeks when I put a offer on it. We went under verbal contract Oct. 18, then under...
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My accountant has taken the position that health insurance premiums for full-time, self-employed real estate investors are not deductible on Schedule E since real estate is not technically considered a business ...
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Hello allI've been doing my best to get educated as quickly as possible, from the forums, blogs and podcasts mainly. I was hoping that you all could provide some guidance on how I should get started in my current sit...
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Hello everyone!I am looking at a few properties and have a strategy in place I want to utilize with investment properties mainly in multi-families. So My question to everyone is that when you see a house that attracts...
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Hi guys. I'm looking to break into my local market of Central Maine. While I'm on the lookout for my first deal I've been building a small network. It sounds like there's a bit of a vacuum in reliable local property m...
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Hello BiggerPockets friends,I guess I need some help in understanding the benefit and strategic advantage of cashing out appreciation on a property and using it to buy another property.If I appraise a property, I am b...
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Hello all,
I just purchased an iPad and I am thinking of using it to have all my new tenants sign leases on iPad. Is anyone out there using iPad to sign leases with their tenants? What is the drawback of doing that? ...