How many of you are aware of your personal balance sheet? While, I don't worry about pennies, I do track my balance sheet.
A personal balance sheet is slightly different than a business balance sheet.
Major Elemen...
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My first attempted deal in REI turned into a bust yesterday as the seller failed to perform. I'm hoping to field some advice from the biggerpockets crowd on how to handle this situation. It's a bit of a long post (sor...
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Hi everyone! I've searched the forums for this topic but haven't found anything really from more recently than about 5 years ago. I am a new investor living in the US. My ultimate goal is to own properties in the US, ...
On Tuesday, August 13, the Sacramento City Council will likely vote to enact a rent control ordinance. Here are the highlights:- Landlords will be prohibited from raising rent more than 6% plus the “consumer price ind...
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Hey BP!I am currently FHA house hacking a property that I purchased about a year ago just south of USC which, unbeknownst to me, had illegal construction, which caused a host of problems, in addition to other issues. ...
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Since the pandemic hit in late March, many are not sure how they feel about staying at hotels or short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, and Tripadvisor Rentals. Airbnb, with 7.7 million active ...
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All of our rental agreements are month to month. To incentivize people to stay longer, we charge a move in fee that can be added forwards the refundable deposit if they stay over a year. Example: rent is $1000, move i...
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Dear Pocketers,
How do you harden / bullet-proof your rentals?
While I've never had anyone utterly trash a rental of mine, I've seen the damage they can do first hand (typically when buying the rental and seeing ...
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