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Hello folks. First post. Happy to be here. My wife and I decided to start out of state rental investing in Columbus Ohio. How can one, who has only rudimentary knowledge in real estate without any boots on ground exp...
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I am starting with my first rental. I have put my home on the market, doing showings. I am wondering how I can spot an aggressive person. I am looking for someone that can be nice to deal with or at least have a stake...
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This isn't meant to be a long post but I have a lot of first time investors and house hackers or just investors that are new to Chicago that ask about charging a security deposit and my answer to them is NEVER charge ...
Hello:Wondering if anyone is aware of and may have a recommendation for software to streamline and standardize operations for a real estate investment company. It should be able to manage documents, acquisition, rehab...
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Among other demographics, I'd like to approach the LGBTQ community in selling a standalone residential property. Word-of-mouth, of course. How else?
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Hello BP!Continuing my trend of posting on topics that I'm currently learning about; I've been looking for a new property management company (PMC). My current one, while competent at placing tenants, is not very comm...
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Hi,
When should I expect an incoming tenant to pay their deposit? They signed the leased agreement over a week ago and their moving date is in 10 days. I have other prospects that I keep telling the property is alre...
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So I am renting an apartment and I showed it to several people who were interested and 2 of them filled out the application the fee is $40 non-refundable I use a local community program that runs the applications and ...