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Hello, I am considering putting an ADU behind my rental property in East Palo Also. Keeping the setbacks aside, I can build around 40*20 = 800 sf ADU. Keeping rentability in mind, I am trying to do a 2bed/1bath I have...
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I am new and looking for a place where I can buy an investment property to rent out. I was told Trenton, NJ is a great place to get good cash flow. Can anyone tell me more about their experience owning t...
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I have a tenant who emailed me at my work e-mail account on Christmas about a leaking garbage disposal that didn't seem to work anymore and that they had scheduled Roto Rooter to come fix it. Normally, I know that a l...
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Even though Net Present Value is used mainly in financial management I think it is probably the best ratio/calculation for analyzing a real estate deal. Unfortunately in Real Estate Analysis people usually use mainly ...
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In a competitive market, you would expect real estate commissions to get competed down between brokers. For reasons I don't understand, commissions stay high across all brokers at around 5% to 6% per deal. Can som...
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Over the years of landlording and owning property in a college town, I have noticed that my Special Stipulations section in my leases have taken on some strange phrases and warnings to new tenants. It seems that e...
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OK, so a deal came on the market within the last 24hrs that I think I may want to make my first as-an-investor offer on. But...I have no liquid funds. Can I make an offer with financing up in the air? Isn't it customa...
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Hey everyone,I am a sole proprietor with a steadily expanding buy and hold portfolio. My kids are age 8 (son) and 10 (daughter). As a single dad with sole custody, the kids have always tagged along in some way - somet...
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Has any used the Rent to Retirement service advertised on various Bigger Pockets podcasts? If so, what is your feedback? Or, even if you haven't used it, what concerns do some of you more experienced investors have?