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I'm getting ready to close on 2 duplexes. They are both older buildings that need a little bit of clean up and improvements. I don't know if I should do minimum repair or really sink some money in them to make them mo...
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So I'm closing on a duplex in Northwest Arkansas in a week or so. Both sides leased month to month, and we plan on moving into one side. We're taking the side that is worse off to allow us to fix it up, but I need the...
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If I hire someone to do the lawncare for the tenants, what do they need to have? A corp. and liability insurance? Or do they need worker's comp too? I think Florida doesn't require WC if the business has three employe...
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Let me tell you about the time we almost closed a major deal in Haverhill, Massachusetts, back in 2018. It was one of those situations where someone really needed a lifeline—the seller was facing foreclosure and had j...
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This is mostly out of curiosity. Currently we are in a rental buying a house next month. We sold our house and moved last year into current rental. Current house the owners put on the market and offered $200 off of $2...
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Hi,we just purchased a SFH in Austin that is only a few years old, however, has builder grade brown carpet that is generally OK once cleaned but thinking I want to replace all the carpet with good quality laminate now...
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Hi Everyone, I was wondering if anyone has experience with using your rental property as a halfway house for companies such as “oxford house”. I was talking with them and they pay fair market rent plus a significant p...
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I'm hoping to find some advice from some aribnb'ers using the rental arbitrage method.
Any advice on getting landlords to deal with me.
It really is better than the hassle of typical tenant issues.
Thanks in adv...
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I just completed re-habbing my upper unit in my duplex. Turned out really nice. Most who came to look at it said it's the nicest they've seen. Hence it rented in 4 days. I do just about everything myself, so I save a ...
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Howdy,I'm happy to allow approved pets in my rental properties, and it's all been fine until lately...I use a Pet Agreement form offered by Leigh Robinson, in his (wonderful) book, Landlording. It includes the clause ...