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I am closing my 1st apartment building this Friday. It is 8 residential units and 2 store fronts. We have an in house maintenance man. What systems do you use for maintenance requests?1. residents has an issue2. What ...
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I need an impact driver, circular saw and trimmer (weed whacker). In the future, I may also get a chainsaw, blower, who knows what else. The new cordless options look good but it's hard to find non-biased (ie- paid ...
I had a contractor give me an estimate for some work that needs to be done on my house.Material cost $15,345From what I have read online, it says that labor should be roughly around 40 - 50% of the total project cost...
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For those of you getting deals on MLS how many offers do you average per deal you actually get accepted/close on? Trying to reach some goals per @Brandon Turner's podcast and figuring out what level of activity I need...
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Hey BP'ers! After some lurking on Bigger Pockets, I'm diving in and trying to turn my real estate hobby into a part-time business/side hustle. I’m originally from Milwaukee, moved to Minneapolis in 1997, moved over 20...
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So at 23 years old I’ve gotten off to a decent start at this fun and exciting real estate thing. Got my first rental at 21. Then at 22 I got 9 more rentals for a total of 10. I live in a house hacked duplex currently ...
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HI everyone, Im on my second house flip and I was thinking of hiring daily workers ( carpenters, handymen , painters) for things that dont require permit pulling. How would I go about this with insurance (workers com...
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Hello all, Paul Hearn here, and I'm finally getting involved in the forums after spending a long, long time (too long) doing my own research and getting up the courage to go for it! I should have jumped into the forum...
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For the last decade I have been working a nine to five. I enjoy my work - I am a mechanical engineer by trade and am a senior manager currently - but I have always felt a draw to own my own rental property. Before I s...
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How many people make sure that the workers in their property have criminal background checks done or the company is bonded and insured? There was just an incident where a worker that a landlord found on craigslist was...