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Hey BP!So I'm finally getting my first rental property this week and I have a few random questions that I was hoping to get some help with. 1. Utilities - I'm not sure how the utilities work. There is some light remod...
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Hello group , can I get an advice . My tenant sent me this text message this morning :“I'm not speaking on Chris's behalf but I will not pay rent until things are fixed in the house they have been on going issues for ...
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I closed on this beauty earlier this month (Dec. 2018) and it has been quite exasperating dealing with the seller and the hard money lender! She's a 3/1, 1,200 sqft home in East Point, GA - a perfect starter home if y...
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I know most people on the forums are well established financially and have real estate acumen, so please bear with me and be gentle ;)I have lived in an owner-occupied duplex (top/bottom) for 12 years now occupying th...
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We no longer rent to smokers but we used to rent to smokers with the condition that they smoke outside.
We have a tenant that is a from the time that we rented to smokers. They have been good at only smoking outside...
Time is money and everyone who joins one of the several similar forums out there is likely looking for some education so they can either make their first deal in real estate, or polish their skills. Unfortunately, ex...
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A tenant owes partial rent and late fees from prior month. Rent is due Oct 10th, last night she informed me she is breaking the lease and asked if she could ride out the month of Oct, promising to be out by Nov 1, and...
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Hi guys. Can any actions be taken against the mortgage broker for not locking in my rate when the rate was still low? We have been trying to refi since November. We are in March and we have submitted everything they a...
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I see plenty of threads that bash wholesalers or people wanting to get started by finding their own deals. It's quite a shame that we respond to people who are inspired by capitalism and the American dream by treating...
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Cameron Dunlap offers a funding service for which he manipulatively requires $1000 as a RETAINER and upon completion of your first funding, your $1000 would be knocked off from the 3/4 points charges....he also gives ...