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Hi BP community, I just finished listening to Mike Butler's "Landlording on Autopilot" audiobook, and I found his chapter on showing vacant units very interesting. For those that haven't read or listened, he recommend...
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I am getting ready to rent out my first investment property and am trying to figure out what incentives, policies, etc. to put into my lease. I would like to hear some of the biggest/most common problems other investe...
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When people think about starting an Airbnb business one of the first excuses that comes to mind is not having enough capital to buy one or multiple properties. I'm writing this post to dispel the belief that you need ...
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As I've been getting calls from potential sellers the words 'seller finance' and 'lease option' are met with near automatic 'NO's. When asked why sellers always say they don't want to deal with the property and th...
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Recently, instead of bouncing around on the podcasts to different titles that caught my attention, I thought I would add some structure to my listening pattern and start going in order from the very beginning. As many...
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I have searched BP forums in a few ways to see what the chatter is about Puerto Rico and the posts that pop up are old. Very surprising. I understand that PR is kind of USA territory but kind of not - which will under...
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I have had a rolled over IRA invested in mutual funds for the last 10 years and am interested in diversifying my portfolio with real estate. There is roughly $60k in the account. Is this possible without penalty?
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I have been using Sparkrent for a few months and have liked it on the landlord side, but I have had 3 tenants that all have stumbled at one point using it on the tenant side. I decided to look for another service.I d...
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Hey guys I do a lot of large purchases at the big box stores- home depot lowes etc.
I was wondering if there were good rewards programs for them. I know you can go to the pro-desk at home depot when you make ...