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I started flipping new houses in 2003 in New Jersey and then Florida. I was then settling down so my wife and I bought 7 homes and started a vacation home rental business. The crash of 2008 did a number on us and we l...
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Long story short. $22,000 deposit in escrow ($13,000 for seller and $9,000 for assignor). Inspection period ended 2 weeks ago. Buyer decides to back out last day of contract after I did weeks of due diligence for a b...
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Good Morning BP,As Tax Season approaches, and this being my first full year of real estate investing, I realize that the one task that I personally am absolutely am horrible at and hate doing is bookkeeping. I have t...
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I we during the property next to us into an air BNB and rented it out for a month Two weeks after we posted the property. Wasn't expecting and in the middle of Michigan in the Winter and it has been a learning expe...
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Hello all,I am currently in contract on a HUD home that was not winterized and the utilities are off. There are breaks in the copper piping in the basement so the water cannot be turned on. There are no toilets instal...
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I am the owner landlord of a duplex in which my tenant (he doesn't know I found his malice) took a can of expanding foam insulation with a long tiny tube and squirted it into the trap below the laundry room floor drai...
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Back in the game, with a bang!
REO purchased for $80k, needed minimum work. Carpet, paint, new deck, stainless appliances, all new light fixtures and doorknobs, new bathroom sink, new kitchen countertops, remodeled ...
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Former Seller came back looking for her dead husband. 😱🤭 So we get a call from our workers saying that the former seller came back onto the property and was digging around trying to find the yarn where her husband’s a...
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Hi Bigger Pockets Community,
I have a potential eviction and I have not had to deal with an eviction before. I’d love to hear you weight on the pros and cons given the circumstances.
Our tenant is still catching up ...
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Hello BP Community,I have recently put a property under contract over the weekend here in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Title Company just began the title search earlier today. I'm not sure if the owners can legally back...