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In order to save on some money, do many of you buy the materials your self or do you have the contractor do everything? also as far as staging goes, where do you usually buy the staging furniture from and how much wou...
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The FACTSYesterday I went driving for dollars and I finished with 13 addresses that appeared vacant. I entered the addresses into Thatsthem.com/address in an attempt to retrieve the associated phone numbers. Got 3 num...
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Just wanted give this forum post thing a try! I am an avid listener of the podcast and decided to jump onto the forums.I am a local architect here in Chicago specializing in residential and small scale commercial / ho...
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I saw an excellent piece of advice in our Official BiggerPockets Facebook Group today. "I created an operating procedures manual. Details all vendors, bills, banking setup, tenant details, current outstanding projects...
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Even in the peak of the pandemic, i still had to go to work every single day. one would think that i had a pretty secure job...Yesterday the owners of the company i worked at got together to review financials, and the...
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I found an apartment complex that is been foreclosed on. The last owner paid $3M for it a few years back.
- 100 units that is 60% occupied
The current rent is $520/units. The asking price is $1.3M but because am goin...
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I just got a note telling me my monthly cost for Buildium's services will climb from $25 to $40 a month. This is significant to me since, I only have 3 units to begin with and I will be paying as much as if I had the...
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I remember reading this article when longtime pillar of the BP community, Brandon Hall wrote it a few years ago. I'll let the article speak for itself, but if I were to distill it down to a sentence: When it comes to ...
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Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are an increasingly popular way to generate additional rental income on an existing property. Utilizing empty lot space in this way helps to combat the increasing housing prices and lim...
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