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I am under contract on my first property to house hack in Saint Petersburg FL. It's 3/2 house with a detached 1/1 unit. I'm looking for advice on how others would handle a few things that came up on ...
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Attempting to buy a duplex. Planned on signing papers on the 26th of February. Appraisal just came in and they denied it because in one of the units the livingroom ceiling is sagging and crack slightly (just the drywa...
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I am currently under contract for a duplex and just recently had inspections done. In the inspection it was discovered that the house may have structural issues. Inspector explained that there is a horizontal crack in...
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Hello everyone,I am an overseas investor and own 3 SFH in America.Currently, they are owned in my personal name.I know putting the properties in an LLC, even if it's solely used as a pass through entity, provides me w...
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Hi BP folks! My name is Mike and I have been perusing the boards for a couple of months now. Well...we pulled the trigger and made an offer on a duplex that is about 30 years old a couple of weeks ago and had the insp...
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Hi all, I'm currently looking at a property as a flip. The most significant issue i found from my first walkthrough was structural. See below for a pic where you can see a crack in the foundation wall. House appears t...
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So I found a short sale opportunity around Denver. Bank had it listed a couple months back and just lowered the price another $30,000 after nobody was moving on it. Problem is the house has structural damage that was...
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Has anyone else run into $100,000 structural issues in southside Birmingham, AL? My wife and I were looking to purchase a 1920's house for $120,000 ARV $250,000 in southside. We knew there were issues with the house b...
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My wife and I previously owned real estate in our joint names in both Florida (where we currently reside) and in Virginia (where we previously reside)Following ur research and some legal advice, we established two tru...