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I am about to purchase my first home/investment property. It’s a duplex and I will live in one side and rent out the other. I’m using a bank loan (10/6 arm).
I’m wondering if I should use a s or c corp or an Llc for...
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I was curious if anyone has any thoughts on if a hard money loan should be made in my name, or my LLC if I am the lender. I would have my loan secured in 1st position w/ the home at a good LTV ratio. The pape...
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Do to many missteps from my current PM ranging from leaving the front door of the property open (over night) to sending rent checks to another client the list goes on.
To the point, what would be some recomme...
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I need some help with this process. I've been researching how to go about setting up seller financing for a relative of mine and have had a difficult time finding any information.
Here's the scenario: the seller has ...
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Hi,I'm wondering what other Maryland landlords do with their tenant's security deposits. I know it has to placed in an bank account within the state of Maryland. Do you open a savings account?Do you use an escrow ser...
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- Do you charge move in fees?- Do you ever run into issues with this?if you do not charge a move in fee..... Where Do you end up putting the security deposit? Bank???
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Looking for ideas on security and/or cameras as we go they the process of rehabbing our new home!!!!
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I recieved an email today from one of my tenants saying...
“My daughter's father in law recently asked me if I had your social security number for tax purposes since his construction company wrote you the se...
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I love automating my rental business. Here is a short list of what I have automated so far:1) Showing pre-screening: After getting some ideas from other Bigger Pockets users, I automated gathering information from pot...
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My main business has been renting storage space for about $200 per month for years. And that's not much space at all. It's the typical drive up with a metal door/mice/burned out light bulb facility. I was wonder...