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My understand of the purpose of staging is to get tenants faster. If you're not having issues getting tenants does staging have any added benefit? Also if the market your in doesn't have many high end rentals is there...
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I am a new real estate investor in the midwest. I went to put an offer in on my first property (150K) and it makes the 1% (rent= 1500) rule on the money. However, when I used the rental property calculator on this sit...
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Whether the interest rates are 3% or 7%, those who are renting are still losing in todays market. I personally believe that all first time home buyers should get into house hacking. Using FHA, paying only 3.5% down wi...
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Tristan Bliss is founding President and CEO of VentureWell, the business referral organization in Ontario for JV, investors and alternative lending solutions. Tristan has been an independent business owner for 20+ yea...
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Long story short , didn’t do my due diligence . Purchased not one but two properties from a foreclosure with no title search . Comes to find out each property has a mortgage. Combined with the price I paid through the...
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Hey friends,When rehabbing, you obviously want to maximize the value of the property. How does one develop a sense of what adds value to a property? are there any hard and fast rules? or do you develop a general sense...
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Many of us buy an already existing property. I am wondering how groups and individuals can afford / see the opportunity to build new? When thinking about this question I am mainly thinking of large commercial properti...
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Newbie doing the research to see if investing in a STR in Galveston, TX makes sense for soon to be retirees! Hard sell for hubby! Would be primarily in the Dallas area, so need resources to manage when not in town!!
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I just closed on a property and am planning on using the BRRRR strategy. There is a detached garage. I am thinking of converting it into an ADU, so I can rent out this part as well. It should raise the value of the ho...