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I am a 1st time house hacker and my tenants which were also teammates were signed to a lease from Aug of last year to July of this year. Since it’s now summer and they all moved back home and are also graduating they ...
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Hi all! We are looking into trying to get a rental property, but have a question on how to include utilities in the rent. In North Las Vegas, where we are located, the tenants are able to get trash, water and sewage u...
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Hello BP family!
I purchased a property in July with a SFH with two ADUs in the back. I did see that SB7 said that multifamily properties would require submeters installed in every unit. For the first question, since...
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So looking into single family homes in the $400K range.
Assuming $150K downpayment the mortgage payment comes out to $2300 rounded.
Property tax is usually around $6300 a year rounded. $525 a month.
Zillow rent ...
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Hi Everyone,Would things like an electrical bill I pay for common areas and the water bill which I pay fully be tax deductible or are those just regular expenses?Much appreciated,Art
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So I'm looking at two properties, one a triplex the other a duplex, with shared utilities between the units respectively. The current owners have been paying utilities. They are sending me the averages this week...
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For those of you that self manage and have your tenants setup and cover their own utilities on a SFH, do you put the electric/gas in your name during a vacancy period? What is the preferred method, especially in colde...
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Hi again - I think my last posting may have been a bit long so I'll make this super short:
Has anyone ever encountered an REO property that had been abandoned and utilities not turned on? We live in a fairly cold cl...
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Hey everyone,In addition to owning property I also happen to be a renter. I have a question from a renters perspective.I have rented a house in Colorado for a little over 4 years. A couple hundred feet away sits a l...
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So I rent a sfh to 4 individual people and doing following to collect bills and utilities, any recommendations to make it automated or anything else for making it faster?Also for the utilities can I charge any extra o...