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Question: When House Hacking, does one do the work themselves or hire out?
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Does anyone have experience with septic thanks? I am under contract on a duplex with one and I want to know how expensive repairing or replacing it might be?
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I'm going to preface this post by saying, I'VE NEVER BEEN TO CHINA.
I've read alot from "experts" that say China is building its own Real Estate Bubble. These same "experts" debate whether or not China is in for a h...
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We're a property management company and a new client wanted to rent her current home and buy a new home. She did not qualify for the new loan without using the rent of the old house as income. Lender told her to get...
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Hello,I have considered a career change into financial planning. I did not know of this career in college so I did not go this route and am now in a different career. I am currently full time employment in a reliable ...
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Just sat with a service tech from a plumbing company and watched the video from the camera they pushed down the sewer line in a 4 family property. It is a 4 inch pipe, and there seemed to be a fair amount of what the...
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The life expectancy of electric baseboard heaters is about 10-15 years, but according to the IRS Depreciation schedule, would electric baseboard heaters qualify as a "furnace" and have to be depreciated over 27.5 y...
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Hi, all.Just signed a contract on my very first property today. To give you some info on the property. It sits on an acre lot in an older neighborhood (variety of houses of different sizes). Has been on the market for...
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I've been researching for a few months, and my wife and I are interested in doing our first flip soon. Unfortunately, I'm having a hard time figuring out what to do with financing - especially with holding costs. Our ...
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My tenant just moved out recently and I discovered water damage under the floor of a bathroom. I don't have a "before" picture proving it wasn't there before hand. However, I do know that the tenant was caring for sma...