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not sure if this is the right forum, but my associate has about $69k in a simple IRA which he would like to utilize for real estate investing, he also, would like to be able to pay himself for the wor...
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Here's the situation, my tenant in my condo property claimed there was water leaking in the ceiling above the shower. Immediately I contacted the condo owner upstairs and told him to look into this issue asap. He ca...
I have trying to absorb what I am reading here... as well as other places and feel overwhelmed at the amount of information out there.. and I don't want to do this wrong. I sold a home in NC that was a rental from 20...
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We use MINT.com, which is nice.According to MINT, what is largely dragging our credit score down (it's a 758) is credit utilization.That's a few credit cards here and there but predominantly our HELOC is 60% utilized ...
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I'm new to Realestate investing and am in the process of closing on my first rental. Since then I've learned of the brrrr strategy. My main issue is raising the initial capital to begin the brrrr with a second house. ...
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Hey everyone I do not do residential anymore. A family member is buying a house with 10% down. Their parents are giving 5% down but because it's a conventional loan they are putting down 5%. Conventional only allow...
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I recently bought a house from two brothers who had inherited the property as part of their deceased mother's estate. I paid them what they were asking for it; almost the cost of the land only. The 90 house needed a f...
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I'm torn because I told myself I would stay out of other people's business and only focus on my own, but after paying my quarterly STR taxes to the city of Austin, I'm thinking twice.
Austin is known for heavy STR re...
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Our first nightmare guest. Airbnb Guest privately emailed my wife after she thanked them for staying with us, we learned a new cleaning employee apparently did not do a good job upon their checkin.My wife replied and...
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How much are the typical contractors fees to build a moderately priced home from the ground up and around $300K selling price? What is the % and if so, based on what? How do you give incentives like profit sharing, ...