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Hi,Was wondering if anyone uses paypal to collect rents?ThanksTony V
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This is a personal issue, not an issue with an investment of mine, but it involves rental real estate so I thought I'd ask for input from the community experts.
Several years ago my family went to a lawyer ...
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Hey everyone. First I'd like to say that I enjoy reading this forum and as a wannabe investor I have found the community useful.
Some background on me before I get into my plan...
I am 29 and I have been in the real...
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Flood insurance is a major issue given the weather conditions the eastern seaboard has seen in the last few years. Many expect it will continue to be an issue with climate change. I am sure many of you are seeing rate...
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Hi All. I'm looking at a couple multifamily properties in Northern Michigan (local to me). They don't seem like good buys, but I'm concerned that I may just have my expense numbers wrong. Below is one of them. Am ...
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Hi Biggerpocketters,
I am currently reading Brandon Turner's book 📚 and I have noticed that he kept saying when it comes to expenses that need to be paid each month, he would include utilities.
Aren't utilities paid...
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This one is for the wholesalers on bigger pockets. What marketing strategies (postcards, yellow letters, Craigslist, direct phone calls, etc.) result in the most amount of leads for you?
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I despise Property Management companies. I think a majority of them are thieves and thrive on nativity. I usually end up buying my properties from people who used PM companies and ended up needing to sell their proper...
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Ok, I'm going at re post this because it disappeared and in the BiggerPockets abyss. So here goes the lengthy explanation (Again).
I have a client with a $230,000 mortgage on a $260,00 home and a 6 month old bankrupt...
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So we wholesaled our first deal and made $10k, just closed Thursday! I put it under contract and had it assigned in just a few days and it closed 30 days after I got it under contract. I got a call from a mailer we se...