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If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.
Henry David Thoreau
If you’re not prepared to s...
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The tenants who have lived 16+ years at one of our units are moving out. The stove, range hood, and fridge were purchased by the previous landlord but are definitely 16+ years old. We are trying to buy a new set befor...
Funny but not so funny occurrence --Im a new landlord and my tenants just moved in today. I got a call that the bathtub wasn't draining. I asked them to use the drano I provided first. They did and said it didn't work...
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So I have been actively looking for good investment properties for the last two months. I went and looked at two yesterday that were still tenant occupied. The standards of living are so crummy at the houses that I wo...
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I generally pride myself on choosing very good applicants but this one didn't sit well with me when signing the lease and I didn't have the greatest gut feelingLike the title says, these tenants were very qualified. T...
I'll be putting my home up for sale within the next several months. I have no desire to pay anywhere near 6% commission. I'd love to hear some suggestions on what my options are?Thanks in advance
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I want to run background & credit checks on potential tenants, and I'm trying to choose between Transunion's SmartMove vs. Cozy's Tenant Screening.I expect many here are partial to SM as they appear to have been a...
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Pulled this beautiful screenshot from the footage of a recent eviction we did in Cleveland. 🤮 Lol this couch from hell compelled me to make a public service announcement for all of those newbies out there on the forum...
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So my problem is that I have enough money for a down payment for 1 more rental property.Once that is gone, I have no more money for any more down payments.I work a full time w2 job so i can't spend the time to flip a ...
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The holy grail investing strategy is when one can perfectly time the market. Numerous investors have collectively made millions, scratch that, billions by getting in at the bottom of a market cycle and exiting at the ...