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Is it feasible to use an "Option Contract for Sale & Purchase" followed up by a recorded "Notice of Option Contract for Sale & Purchase" in California short sales? Do they get through closings? Should I be u...
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I'm 30 years old and I live in north east Florida. I worked for a local family for a number of years and one thing that they dabbled in was real estate investing. I accompanied them to the local tax deed sales, I post...
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Hi Team - I wanted to walk through a couple of quick thoughts on what I see as the most at-risk parties in a potential recession. 1) Middle-Class Homeowners - A middle-class homeowner reliant on one source of income, ...
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I have installed all new central AC units from this single vendor which I like; for 4 of my properties. I have a bi-yearly contract with them to maintain the units and they currently have a new policy where they chec...
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First post to BP and I'm looking for input on where seasoned investors look for their investment properties in relation to where they live.
I live in a small city in PA where the economy isn't great, jobs are few an...
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Here's a simple message sent to our Commercial Tenants of a large Wellness Center that's currently shut down due to covid. This accompanied their monthly lease invoice:Greetings XXXXX Tenant,
As we all continue to n...
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I whipped up a quick and simple Excel worksheet to help me work through various scenarios of how to make an apartment building have a positive cashflow. It isn't impressive but I thought I would share it with those of...
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Hi all,
My accountant just got back to me about filing my 2013 taxes and he says I need to file 1099s for all the contractors I paid over $600 for over the course of the year.
Is this standard protocol ...
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In the course of some civil litigation my corporate law firm identified and was able to get me assigned the rights to a tax sale certificate and assignment of the certificate holders rights in the accompanying Circuit...
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Hey everyone,I inherited a commercial unit in an industrial park that is currently rented out to a tile company (it was rented out when I inherited it). The tenants pay on time by direct deposit and I have RARELY had...