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Hey everyone. I do a lot of “lurking” and thought I’d make the jump in to officially introducing myself and starting to comment more here. My name is Josh, and I’m a 31 year old newbie from the St. Louis area: I work ...
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I’m starting to get involved in multi family, I’m looking at 4 duplexes to buy all together. Is four duplexes to much to handle for a first buy?
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After 45 + years investing in, purchasing and selling notes and real property; structuring “deals”, running investment funds and syndications, I have observed that many (most) investors both hesitate too long gatherin...
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So me and my wife have 7 SFH’s and a duplex. All currently rented besides 1 SFH. So this has been a family run business for some time and my brother was the Maintenance guy and Remodleing guy but he has up and quit. S...
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Just closed on my first property 2+ hours from me. I was finally able to go see it and hopefully see the minimal work I needed to put into it. When I got there, I was disappointed to see that there was water in the ba...
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We have an approved short sale and the listing agent just informed us that he will not sell it anymore. Our contract is valid, enforceable and past any contingency periods. Our attorney advised us to file a lawsuit an...
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How do you manage your properties that are for from where you are?Do you have property management? Or you manage yourself?If your property is within 3 hours range (over 1 hour), is it still possible to manage yourself?
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Request advice from anyone who is either a lawyer in Ohio or is knowledgeable and experienced with Ohio rental laws.
I have prospective tenants who signed a lease on 31st of October and paid security deposit same da...
My wife and I own a three unit building and occupy one of the units, as well as a separate large undeveloped block of land. She works full-time and I work half time as a consultant. We have passive loss rollovers from...
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I live in a small town and currently rent, so commuting to work is only a 5 minute drive, and everything is really close by (walmart within 5 minute drive). I can finally buy my first house and would like it to be a m...