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I am currently in the homebuying process, looking to close on the house in the next few months and house hack it. It is a 4 bed, but has a big loft area upstairs. I am thinking about just sleeping in the loft area and...
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What would you rather have?A duplex, living in one side. Or a house with a back apartment and living in the main house? And why?
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SCENARIO: 1. Every property gets its own trust and ideally it’s own LLC - check! (Got that) 2. Give the trust a unique name that does not bring it back to me (Anna) and give it a P.O. Box address - 🤔Question?☝️ Won’t ...
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Looking for an addendum template addressing tenant-installed outdoor security cameras.My new tenants, who moved into my SFH (in GA) a month ago, went ahead and installed several outdoor security cameras without appro...
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I am wondering what a fair deduction would be from rent due to there being basically no kitchen in a 1br attached mil set up. It has the tiniest sink virtually no cupboard space a toaster oven sized toaster/convection...
Hello,I own a small multi family property in Illinois and I have reason to believe that the tenant may have violated one of the local housing regulations. I will work to educate the tenant and make sure they don't do ...
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So I have a 3 flat with 1 tenant who is just causing problems. They are all in leases till June and he pays, so nothing I can do. But for the last 6 weeks it has been one thing after another and recently he thinks s...
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I am starting over at 49. I have a small lump of money to invest and want to start building my real estate investment portfolio. I am currently renting. Should I start with an STR, or house hacking? Any opinions or ad...
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Hi all, I'm currently managing under 10 units and am using Cozy for rent collection. While Cozy does a great job for collection, the expense management piece is lacking. It's possible this may get improved as Cozy i...
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I'm thinking that for my next home I will convert the garage into an ADU. But when I move out of that home will I have problems finding a family to rent out the home unit? I would prefer to rent to a family over re...