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Hello all, so I have some questions as a future Landlord that I am just trying to figure out.1) I am interested in a property that is a Short Sale and Utilities are currently turned off. If I do end up buying the prop...
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Hi all,
I need some advice on how to handle a situation that might require an expensive rewiring of the electricity in our home.
I have a duplex in Queens where I rent out the first floor and live on the second fl...
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It's incredible how many videos, tutorials, webinars, and the like are primarily about "buying your first property" or " how to get out of analysis paralysis", but don't really go into much else.
Now that I bought m...
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I have a quadplex under contract that I am due to sell in late July. One of my tenants is behind on rent. Her rent is $850 per month and she has only paid me $291 for June, nothing for July. Every date she tells me sh...
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Hi, I have one property in Florida managed currently by a management company. Our tenants' dog damaged the window screens. The company is saying that we can't take the screen repair out of the deposit since we didn'...
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This is an example of why you need reserves before buying a rental property. On Sept. 3rd, a drunk driver plowed through my single-family rental in Independence, MO. The link to the news clip is below. The news got...
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Property is in California.Tenant A was living in the 2bed/2bath apartment first. Tenant B was added to the lease under the condition that if either tenant wanted to be removed, they would first be required to find a r...
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Hello bigger pockets family. Caution rental property rant forth coming. I have a rental property that I have successfully written for the past 11 years with very low vacancy. This past year I attempted to sell the pro...
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What is the first thing that you look for when walking into a rental property? Does this change if the home is vacant or occupied?
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Ok, so here is the question. How much do you leverage your portfolio? I have friends that are all over the map, I suppose it’s one of those “whatever is right for you” scenarios? I have some investor friends that are ...