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Hello everyone.I am brand new to real estate and I have heard about the benefits of LLCs but was wondering if they are necessary when starting out. If an LLC is unnecessary at the start, what other options are there? ...
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I know there have been many STR insurance discussions but I am in a serious bind here. Our property is in Lake Arrowhead which is a high fire risk area, the only company I could find to insure us for STR coverage was ...
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share your stories...maybe aspiring landlords need to hear them...Thanks for sharing
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I am planning to make an offer for a detached single family home (for investment) with SOD and sprinklers systems installed in all 4 sides of the house. (About 6k SQ.FT of lawn). I confirmed HOA doesn't cover externa...
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In my KCMO rental which is a SFR in a nice suburb the tenant is requesting to put up a fence in the backyard. What are you thoughts? Has anyone allowed a tenant to have a contractor install a fence on their rental pro...
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Hope everyone is doing well!So I have a question on house hacking, as I am trying to develop my strategy:I'm going to be traveling around for the next few months (not work related), but also want to get a house hack w...
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My wife and I both have IRA or old 401k monies that could be moved to a self-directed IRA...can a property be bought 100% (no financing) with the combination of IRA funds (hers and mine) say 50/50 or 75/25?I don't thi...
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I am a buy and hold investor and have started to accumulate a few properties and looking to do more. Before I do, I wanted to ask what investors do to protect themselves as they acquire more and more properties.Homeo...
My siblings and I stand to inherit our father's house in Santa Clara County, CA. The only asset to be inherited from my father is his house which was purchased in the early 70's and has very low property tax due to p...
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I’m new to the Real Estate Investment scene. I’ve been doing a lot of research on markets I’m interested in as well as a lot of research on BiggerPockets. Something that I’ve seen quite a few times now is the classifi...