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BP,I've been contemplating writing this for a while now, but after the dust settled on my recent purchase from Bridge Turnkey in KC, I thought it's time to share. I'll try to be brief. No, never mind, I can see alread...
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So my wife and I came up with this kooky idea to build a cottage in the backyard in which we'd live so we can rent out our main house. The main house is 2br/1ba 970sqft. The cottage is 250sqft.
We're not quit...
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I have been real estate investing for about a year now and have ran across a few mentors. I personally feel like I look for ways to bring value to mentor but, struggle with finding the right mentor for me that is alig...
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Most investors need supplies of some sort. (I shop at Home Depot because I can literally see it from my front yard.)But unfortunately, Home Depot doesn't carry everything.Where do you shop? What dumpster company are y...
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I am an out of state military landlord with one rental. I have rented my property for the past five years with the same large multi-state brokerage with only one month of vacancy for repairs/clean up. During this time...
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I bough my first rental (duplex, non-owner occupied) 2 years ago and would appreciate feedback on my replacement reserve amount, and thoughts on needing flood insurance in a non-flood plane. Monthly income is $1,995, ...
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I am planning to get out of the Military early 2022. However, before then I would like to purchase two homes. One using my VA loan and the other using my wife's FHA loan. Now as of very recently I had someone approach...
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I have been wanting to ask this for a while. I hope it is an appropriate question. In a lower priced rental, are there generally less needs for fixing simple things by the landlord if there is a family with a male a...
Current mortgage with VA at 2.x% with 278,000 left in South Carolina less than 4k worth in maintenance. Comps show the home is worth around 420,000 in an excellent neighborhood with potentially low vacancy rate if i w...
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Seeking advice from all of you who have made the jump. There is so much information out there and I just need to talk to someone who has done this.My goal is to retire from the military and match my active duty income...