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I live in Ventura California and have a SFH rental in the area that I self manage. Our tenants were burglarized last month and lost $20,000 in jewelry and possessions. The tenant left a window open in the kids room wh...
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Renting to friends ? Yes or no ?
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I want to get some feedback on an investment strategy I used in 2003-2005 that I call the "pre-construction flip". It works like this:Identify high appreciating markets (greater than 12% annual)Identify home builders...
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I just bought my first investment property, a SFH in January. My tenants moved in March 6, 2024. I require that my tenants sign up for automatic rent payment through Rentredi in order to lease from me. It is stated ...
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Are larger, more expensive homes hard to rent.I am concerned that anyone that would rent such a nice place could afford to purchase their own nice home, so finding a renter that would stay for a while, might be diffic...
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I am looking to buy my first investment property, and my goal is to continue building this portfolio every year until I can live off my rental income entirely. I have about $400K to deploy, but would prefer to buy sev...
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As the title says, I went bankrupt trying to enter wholesaling. Full disclosure - Part of it was deteriorating mental health and desperation. I was manic and reckless.Another part of it was unrealistic expectations ...
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The latest one for me is my rehab contractor disappearing for 5 days. He finally returned my calls today and said a family member out of state had tree fall on their roof. He went to help fix it.But I find I stress ...