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Hi All,Planning to start renting out our primary home in the next 6 months. Any advice on transitioning a house to a rental? This will be first rental property.Thanks in advance.
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Hi Everyone, had a question about hiring a virtual assistant from Onlinejobs.Ph .Whats your experience with a VA? and I want to expand but I guess I want to make sure it time to? I've been wholesaling going on a year ...
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Hi BP Community!This is my first post, so please bear with me!I've been listening to the BP podcast, reading the guides, and their recommended books for the past 6 months or so. I have a 10 year goal of purchasing 10 ...
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I have a long story to tell you guys. I was the person that purchase a baltimore city duplex from FNMA, that had my copper pipes cut a day before closing back in August. I will document my journey in a few weeks. I...
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Hello everyone! My name is Cody McVay and I am just getting started on my journey into real estate investing and wanted to formally introduce myself to the bp community. A little about myself, i am 20 years old and li...
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I currently self-manage my 7 rentals and want to keep this portfolio growing, while still self-managing. The key? Minimize annoying service calls and long term repair costs! Please help me add to this DIY preventative...
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I am trying to decide where to start rents at for my first rental house. I checked Zillow, Rentometer, and the Bigger pockets calculator. The results are grossly different. If think it’s maybe closer to 1600-1700. ...
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Hello! Newbie here preparing to move and rent out our current SFH in the DMV suburbs. I've seen a lot of posts on here discussing what their criteria and screening process is but not necessarily how they communicate i...
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Tenant signed a lease with me to start on 09/01. As soon as it was signed, 08/12, the tenant went silent. I've tried reaching out several times by phone, text, email with no response. First just as a simple welcome an...
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As we are looking at ways to improve our efficiencies and decrease vacancies, the topic of self scheduled showings is on the table. What are your thoughts? Do you think the "risk" is worth it? Does anyone have recom...