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Hi! I am Derek Schlicker, from Kenmore, WA and while I joined BP a few months ago, I'm just now getting around to my intro post. I'm 34 years old, a lifelong Seattle-metro resident, and work in the tech scene in Sodo/...
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I'm torn about how to continue. I got a Heloc to buy a piece of property at the first of the year, 5.99%. I plan on building self storage on the property, and have enough money in a CD to build the first one. But it...
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I just bought my first rental property in the Chicago area northwest suburbs (Cook county). The current tenants have a lease until end of January, which I will honor. In the closing docs, there was a document that sig...
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Hello all,
I am looking into an older kitchen cabinet remodel and was wondering if there were any creative people out there that had any ideas. The cabinets are in very good condition for their age and I am looking a...
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Hello I live in Illinois and I would like to know how to find properties that are in foreclosure?
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I've got a (legal) 2 family house in Queens. Right now, the electric is split and the tenants pay for their own usage, while I pay for the water and gas for the whole house.All the water bills for 2018 added up to ab...
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Hello. I wanted to get some feedback/ideas on what the current eviction process is in Lake County, Illinois? I have a tenant, who we just served a 30 day non renewal notice. They were on month to month lease. And they...
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A lot of this I'm here for and agree with - but the late fees not exceeding 1.5% of rents is BAFFLING to me. I'd love to know what others think - for me it seems like this will stack up evictions again.
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Hello all,
I've been reading here for several weeks but haven't posted yet (obviously) so greetings from Bishop / Mammoth Lakes, CA.
I've been studying short sales and feel mostly competent in discussing them with...
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I always thought I did a good job of screening, gut checking, red flag observing – the usual seasoned Landlord stuff. My process:Credit check, criminal check, social security verification, former Landlord verification...