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I saw this new area and decided to get it going. I figure that I'll be able to retire somewhere around 10 years from the time I started investing in real estate.
How long do you think it will take you to retire, sta...
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Well so much for my grande idea. My rentals have been all bought with the heloc on my primary. Well now I’d like to put the equity of my free and clear properties to use. My big idea was to get helocs on those propert...
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How does everyone on here handle the situation when their cleaner calls them and say the following....“Your guests trashed the place. No damage, but trash everywhere and just left in a disgusting mess. Took us twice a...
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I'm investing with an equal partner and unfortunately we're defaulting on our hard money loan because we don't have the money to pay it off and we won't be able to sell the home by the due date. A contractor also put ...
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New landlord here, coming up on the end of a 1-year lease for a home in Seattle suburb. The lease agreement has, written in that upon expiration of the 1 year lease that a month to month agreement would begin. The ten...
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I have no idea how, but somehow my tenant moved her toilet half an inch. She either hit it somehow, or pushed it, or super hard plunged it, I'm not sure. But every time she flushed it, the water would rush/leak into t...
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Hello everyone. I am purchasing my first investment property in two weeks and was wondering what are your top 5 rules/policies/terms that you like to include in your lease agreement (that aren't found in the typical l...
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Hey all, So I am closing on a home today in Atlanta that I plan to stay in for a few weeks out of the year on and off, and rent it out to business travelers via short term leases, Airbnb, etc when I'm home in CA. Next...
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I have read through the numerous rental open house posts here on BP and didn't see this covered. I will have approx. 20 copies of the application as well as 20 copies of what I'm calling "Important Lease Notes" where...
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First time poster, but definitely not my first time on these forums and I am never disappointed with the wealth of content on here. I am 23 and just closed on my first property this week using an FHA loan. I will hav...