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Hello everyone, Mike and Sarah here!We currently rent in Belleville, NJ, and have an established owner-operated Pet grooming and daycare business, a bit further south in the Union County area. We have been working tog...
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I have an unmarried couple wishing to rent a place I have in Missouri. I have asked for 3x income from each of them. With a married couple I would only ask for 3x income in total. Is this a legal request?BACKGROUND: I...
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Howdy, we're fairly new members to the BiggerPockets community. I am mostly posting as a husband and wife team. We've been interested in getting started with real estate for some years now. Our lifestyle is different ...
My wife and I are headed to Texas in May and spending a couple of days in Dallas to check out the real estate market. I am interested in turnkey providers and would ideally like to meet a few of the companies in the a...
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Hello BP! My wife and I are finishing a two-year stint teaching high school in Beijing. Having been able to save real money for the first time (something that teaching state-side never allowed), we are eager to invest...
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I am considering purchasing a couple of acres close to a cute downtown in SC. The land is wooded without any water, sewer, etc and in the county. Does anyone have experience with this? What all expenses do I need t...
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Hello,I and my partner have purchased 4 rental properties 50/50% in Northern California, I manage them while he does repairs, we also live in California.We have landlord insurance and hefty Umbrellas on top of it.The ...
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Hi there,I've heard in the past that if you are married but your spouse doesn't have the same last name you could actually get up to 10 FHA loans (5 each). However, there is also a lot of commentary out there that sta...
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From a recent city auction, a couple purchased all the common ground areas of a private homeowners association, including the grassed islands, sidewalks, and private roadway. I would like to think the association wou...
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I just wanted to say thank you to two guys that have given me some of their time to meet face to face and put up with my newbie questions.
Brent Bowers
Colin Smith
Both of them have been super helpful to me and my...