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I am from Oregon, and have been looking to get started with buy and hold investing here. It's been pretty hard finding cash flow properties here, so my wife and I have been discussing the prospect of investing out of ...
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Hello!I am looking to purchase my first OOS investment prop within the next 2-6 months. What are some of the biggest lessons you learned along the way? What do you wish you knew when you started?
A big question I hav...
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- Normal wear and tear is something I have trouble defining, I often have to pay 300-900.00 to get the home "rental Ready " again.- Have you EVER held onto a full deposit? Can you explain the context and situation
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I just had a not to plesant experience with a short sale deal I had on under contract in november, so I found the deal on the mls, I put in an offer for 115k a few days later the agent calls me to say that there are m...
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I have just started looking for single family houses to buy and rent in the central maine (waterville, winslow) area. My plan (abbreviated) is to find plain but nice homes in decent areas, (not "high end" areas, just ...
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I've received some lists lately of bank and privately owned property that has two different pricing on the sheet... warranty deed and a drastically reduced price for a QC. I was wondering if anyone ever buys with a qu...
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One of the things that has held me back from investing in real estate is the idea of being a landlord. I see and know many investors with multiple properties and the same question comes to my mind every time: "How do...
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Do you reward your Residents at their lease anniversary, if so how?One of our policies is to reward a resident at their lease anniversary with a gift card to a very large national retail store in our market. The longe...
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My wife and I want to Househack in Baltimore City Maryland. The plan is to live there a year or so with other tenants. Then rent the property. We are looking for a 4 unit. We have heard both good and bad things about ...
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I have been looking at spec building since the early summer and cannot seem to find the same level or amount of risk associated as with fix and flips. It seems that because nearly all of the costs are known well in a...