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Hi all - I am working on establishing what I hope are realistic goals and trying to form a business plan around them. As I do so, and attempt to crunch numbers and look at listings for practice and to get a sense for ...
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To anyone who may have experience flipping land/homes in rural areas outside of major cities, please read this post and I would love to hear any insight as to what experience you have had and any advice you would be w...
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Hey everybody! I purchased my first flip house back in August of 2016. I held this house way longer than I anticipated due to a full time job, other side businesses, and life being really busy! I contracted out 75% of...
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I see this metric of gross income should be 3x or 4x rent and cannot see how this can possibly be useful other than a preliminary "should I even bother looking at this app".
I think a more useful metric would...
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For those of you who practice holiday gift-giving to tenants, what ideas do you have for a gift? To start:Gift card to a neighborhood restaurant or coffee shopA book (about what?)Gift card to an airline (e.g. my tenan...
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Landlords who self-manage rentals in a different state. How do you this? What systems do you use to oversee the listing, showing, and managing repairs, inspections etc.? How do you mitigate the risks of not being clos...
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Hi -
We moved into a new house and are renting out my 1600 sq ft condo in Annapolis. It has to decent sized MBRs. I put in all new appliances, painted it completely, and added faux wood blinds. I also did faux gr...
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Ok, so I live in a house that the owner is doing a short sale, he was asking for 350k, and is now asking 325k. I am currently renting a room and will become the "landlord" of the home come 4/1.
The owner does not liv...
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Hi I’m a 17 year old and I’m completely in love with real estate and I am going into college soon and I was was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for a degree I should go for involving real estate? Or if I shou...
I chose to do business with Brian based on this community, and our conversation. There's no doubt that he knows what he's doing. I figured since I plan to be an investor for the rest of my life, it was a no brainer. I...