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Economic Update
(Monday, May 31, 2021)
The one place that's rip-roaring in our economy is the housing market. In fact, home prices are accelerating, as the Case-Shiller 20-City Index shows. Year-on-year gains rose ...
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I have a handful of single family rental properties in Kansas City. I was reviewing my monthly expenses with @Ian Reeves the other day and he mentioned that my insurance premium is way too high. I called my insuranc...
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Hi BP forum. My 1st post .... I am In contract for my first deal EVER. Two attached townhouses next door to northeastern il university. I was Planning on renting them out as regular single family homes but a friend ...
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What would be a good ballpark estimate to put in granite countertops in the kitchen? I was thinking somewhere in the neighborhood of $250 per linear ft.
For regular counter tops, at least here in Dallas TX, .75 cen...
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Hi all. Would like to get your feedback: I'm building a house in Edina MN starting in 2 weeks, it will sell b/n 900k-1mAll houses that are new construction in this neighborhood have two car detached or attached garage...
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I am selling a single family home in Bellevue, NE in which the tenants refused to allow showings, shorter notice showings, and lock boxes for the last 30 days of their lease. In the lease they're are stipulations ...
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so long story short I bought a property that needs a lot of rehab and my budget borders on just enough which to be honest i'm sure is never really enough but enough small talk. bought the property for 200k, have 35k f...
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Economic Update
(Monday, April 26, 2021)
While the nation was focused on a Minneapolis courtroom last week, there was also history emanating from a Los Angeles courtroom. A federal judge overseeing a sprawling la...
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I attended my first DFW REI Club meeting last night, and definitely plan on going back. There were roughly 70-80 people there to see Robyn Thompson - aka the "Queen of Rehab" - teach part of her curriculum, and it onl...
We all stress when we flip properties to buy as low as possible, do the work right, and then price 10% (or whatever your prefer) under the competition on the market. If investors continue to do this, we will be under...