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What’s a rule of thumb for Utilities (Water and Sewage, Electric, Gas) per door number? If there is a such a rule? I’m aware of the RUBS system. If you don’t have the historical from last year, can we use a number per...
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I'm trying to crunch some numbers for purchase of an 8 plex. Can someone give me an apx price for insurance? I know this varies greatly, just trying to get an idea. Thanks so much!!Shannon
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Hi BP Community,For those of you with long term rental properties, do you furnish them?Have you found more, less, or about the same success attracting tenants with furnished versus non-furnished units?
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Is it a good idea to take out a loan to purchase a property just to sell it or even if I wanted to rent it out?
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SO...I'm a newbie investor and by newbie I mean I haven't actually invested in any real estate yet...I have my Broker's license, have done years of property management and listened to podcasts like it's my job. Howeve...
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I have been listening to bigger pocket podcast and found my 1st rental property. I post the property on Apartment.com and Zillow. Got 3 applications, but they weren't serious. It has been a month of vacancy. Any advi...
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A buddy was telling me that he heard of a method of getting financing via buying an established company and leveraging the company's equity to obtain financing.
Is this real/legit or should I tell him to beware?
Tha...
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Hi everyone. My property manager just called me/sent an invoice with 2 options regarding replacing an electric water heater (please see attached screenshot). The property manager said the issue is the water heater's a...
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If I bought a multi-family property - most likely a foreclosure that had been vacant for a long period - in need of repair, completed repairs, and then wished to rent it out, do I have to open the home up (and/or pay)...
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In the past, I have purchased homes and title costs are normally 700-1200$ for homes between 100-250k (California/Missouri/Kansas).For a 420k house (Chicago), I am purchasing they have the total at 3500$, seems like a...