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Our General Contractor is requesting a 28% downpayment upon signing the contract for rehab work, prior to any work being started and he claims that he has been doing this for decades and never had issues with that bei...
An investor who invests in a property with an 8 cap return for a hypothetical amount of $1,000,000 will earn $80,000/year in cash flow. IThe 8% return provides the investor a strong return which is about equal to ...
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I have a tenant in one of my $500/month 1 bedroom apartments that I recently gave a 3 day notice to. Normally she would have gotten it much earlier in the month but she told me at the beginning of the month that she ...
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I recently had my rental property thoroughly remodeled w/ my property management in charge.They took a month to get a tenant. When they got a new tenant he reported the heater did not work. He had no hot water. The pr...
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Im considering investing i na new construction condo in Tulum or other outlying areas or possibly a home.. Does anyone have any experience with Tulum? I wanted to buy as a second home and use it as a vacation and on t...
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I'm about 2 weeks from closing on a 3 duplex deal. The other real estate agent has been a real pain to deal with this entire process, mostly due to her extremely slow response time (to the point where I think she's sa...
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My wife and I were fortunate enough to reach financial freedom just one year after making our first ever real estate investment. Here is a quick background story on our success and some tips and tricks I feel that any...
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Today we got a little house under contract and it will be our first short term rental. Over the last few months, I have read countless posts on BiggerPockets about how short term rentals have been struggling with canc...