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The Portland market has been very good to us and has provided a nice landscape to try out different real estate strategies and niches. One of these strategies was short term rentals. They provided killer cash flow and...
About close on my first house, was a hoarder house and going to need a lot of work. I want to hire a general contractor, I feel a good GC would help speed up the flip which would limit holding cost and help get a good...
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I have learned that having the right tools can not only save you time, but you can do things you thought were impossible. When I say tools, I am broadly including processes, chemicals, machines, etc. What are some gam...
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We are well into finishing now, lets show some photos and move on.post 37 - more finishingOn these smaller inner city jobs it makes a lot of sense to get the trim and door work done before the cabinets. Usually the ...
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Question: How many of you make $120 per month on your investments? Original investment say $4,500 all in. No maintenance costs. No cleanup costs after a renter leaves. You can evict them in 60 days. You can writ...
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I have been using PropStream and their contact data has been very poor. Lots of wrong/bad numbers and high email bounce rate. Also the hit rate per property is really low. Of 1k properties only 20-30% may have any con...
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I found a contractor I like to rehab a house I bought. Is it best for the investor to always purchase the material? I am assuming the answer is "yes" to get credit card points and prevent a contractor from charging a ...
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Have a general question poll for the community: Have you ever had a potential tenant lose interest in your property because of the heat fuel source?I.E. I have a duplex that has an oil boiler on one side, it's a PITA ...
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Has anybody used a factoring company before? I have yet to venture on developers developing tract homes, I have 5 of them in line. Would want to get ahead and see my options on payroll / progress billing factoring. An...