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Hi everyone,I'm planning to hire someone to cook dinner every night. Here's why I think this is a good idea. Please feel free to let me know if this is outlandish..1) The time I spend wondering what to eat for dinner,...
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Hello. For STR's, is it necessary to get brand name hand soap, shampoos, and toilet paper? Or can I get the Costco brand items??
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Do you allow smoking in middle to low income areas? I have completely rehabbed a property and would like to find solid non smoking tenants but will that seriously deter renters? Its a two unit, with 1 unit per floor. ...
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Hello friends!So I am considering putting an offer in on my first property (a duplex in the Cleveland, OH area) and have a little issue..The area has very high taxes which tend to be over 6K a year. When I ran the num...
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I'm in the process of flipping a house that I plan to sell for around $90,000. I'm looking at flooring for the living room, hall and possibly the kitchen and I'm wondering if spending the extra money for engineered h...
As someone with very little experience, I'm curious to what was the thing that caught you off guard about you journey into real estate investing. It could be when you started out or even something going on today. Any ...
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I always see people talking about throw some paint on top of everything clean the floors and update the kitchen. But what about wanting to make a rental more convenient for tenants? Maybe I'm just getting to much into...
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Need to replace the floors of a rental (removing the carpets and laminate that came with the house). Need advice on the best vinyl plank flooring for a rental. Something affordable, waterproof and scratch resistant.
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Bought a triplex for $179k in May 2017 with 3 inherited tenants who paid monthly and were pleasant. Mortgage + insurance is $1100. Gross Income has been $2,075.Now I suddenly have two units vacant. Unit C is a one be...
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Ok so my house in Marysville,Wa became available after almost 5 years occupied with the same tenant. I have used craig's almost exclusively to find new tenants for the last 12 years. I was initially trying to get new ...