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Hello all,You may have heard this one before… I hired a contractor to do work. I paid him a deposit 500 out of 1250$ for some work. We ended up tacking on some other work so he said he needed more money I gave him 700...
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Hi, I was supposed to close on a 20 unit building and 30 min prior to close, during walkthrough, we discovered a foot of sewage in the basement of the property. The sellers claimed it was cleaned up but upon a re-exam...
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Dear Fellow BP Community, I'm a new landlord and recently served one of my inherited tenants a 30 day vacate notice as I'm doing substantial improvements to the apartment. She just left the property on Sunday and I di...
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We are landlords in California. The subject property is a 6 unit (duplex plus fourplex).About 10 months ago, one of our tenants had problems with roaches. We distributed a letter to all tenants in the building about...
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Hey BP Family,Here is a fun investing story for you! My partner and I did not do a great job screening a tenant before we let her move into the upstairs unit of a duplex we own in Cleveland Ohio. Immediately there was...
What is the best tenants to deal with? I am new but I am looking for someone who is not going to be a problem most of the time. ... college students, families, singles, etc
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The owner had a french drain installed on the perimeter, but they also have raised plywood on the floor.
Has anyone seen this before? Any insight you can provide would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Hey!! I am an 18 year old currently attending a university in California and I am looking to major in accounting. However, I am really interested in the real estate business for my future later in life as in early ret...
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I pulled the trigger. I closed on my first house last week. Used a smalltown bank to finance. The home cost 31,900. VERY motivated seller, had originally listed it at 49,000.I don't have the figures in front of m...