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I am completely new to real estate investing. How do I develop a local network of real estate professionals to work with?
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Almost 2 years ago, we rented out our personal SFH. The tenants are professionals, who had hit upon hard times during the recession and their credit had taken a severe hit. They also had 3 large dogs (we have 2). B...
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Hello BP fam,Need some advice. Purchased a 3 fam in Jan 2024 built in 2016 in an appreciating expensive market across the Hudson River from Manhattan NY. 2 units were vacant on acquisition and completed rehab in July,...
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TL;DR. I am looking for advice on how I can take appropriate action to warn future landlords and LPs about a deceptive and destructive executive-level tenant who is also a GP on real estate deals.
I rented a fully f...
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I'm turning to you, our members, for advice on how to handle an ongoing problem that we face here.
Here's the problem:
Not a week goes by where someone joins BiggerPockets and answers a question on the forums, and ...
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I have owned and operated properties since 2007, and have always had a NO smoking and NO pets policy. As of late, I am getting a lot of requests for needing a "service animal" or "therapy animal". I don't know if this...
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In the thread about the TV show Property Wars, it was brought up about things found in and on foreclosed property.
1. In a recent one there was the last occupant's ashes. I called the relative to come get the ashes...
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I have been a part of BP for over a year now and have been a smoker since I was way to young, but my question is when did smokers get such a bad rap?I personally don't smoke inside of even my own home, not even once. ...
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