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As residential rental investors (aka buy and hold), our life blood come from our target customer: renters. Did you know the dominant (most common) household size is the single-person-household among renters? This me...
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What is a decent size lot to build a standalone retail store or fast food restaurant? What about a small strip mall? The lot obviously needs to allow for parking, enough space to drive in and out, and the building, ...
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I am considering my first real estate deal. I am thinking to buy a rental property in Austin area and rent it out. With a 40 to 60k down payment budget, what will be safest to buy and quicker to rent? Is one bed condo...
Hello,I just read an interesting article that stated that fewer people like to cook at home. It went on to say that kitchens in the future will be smaller. Does the size of the kitchen make any real difference in fi...
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I was wondering what the size of a bathroom is in square feet of a typical SFH for a first time homebuyer. I ask that in order to know how much tile to buy to do the bathroom floor.
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I’m not interested in a personal situation answer, im interested in a pure numbers answer. I hope I can phrase this in a clear way.Scenario: 1) Is it better to avoid mortgage interest and put say 20% down or 2) is it...
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This is my first post. I am a completely newbie here. The reason for my first post here is that I have a big problem. I bought a piece of residential lot in harris county auction. The land area listed in appraisal dis...
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I'm purchasing a 4 plex with 10 bd and 4 ba. I got 3 quotes and each one had a different size indicated. Does anyone have any experience with this? This is my 1st investment property. I want to make everyone ha...
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Hello:I am interested in getting the room sizes for a property I am considering to purchase. The realtor says the seller does not have this information. Is there a website where this information can be gathering from ...
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Hi folks.I've got a strange question - I was looking at purchasing a rental sfh and wanted to see if anyone has done what I was thinking. So this house is on a cul-de-sac in a suburban area and been on the market awh...