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I am renovating a 40 year old house and the HVAC system and electrical system are the original. Since my background is in Electronics and IT is this something I can tackle myself? I have a $20,000 budget and so far th...
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Tenants want to paint one of the bedrooms pink (right now it's painted a very muted yellow/gray called "earth smoke"). I'm tempted to let them do it as a consolation prize in lieu of something else they asked to do bu...
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1. If I offer a tenant $500 cash for keys, do I also give them the security deposit even though I don't have rent late into the month?2. When exactly does one offer this? If grace period ends on 5th of month, sending ...
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I am a builder investor out of the Houston area. We went out and pulled two appraisals, one by me and didn’t share in the beginning because I didn’t want my appraisal to be bias. The clients bank (buyer) went out and ...
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I'd like to introduce myself to this forum and see what kind of opportunities are out there. I am 21 year old currently living in Saratoga Springs and will be starting my final year of college this fall at Binghamton ...
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Hello BP! I am reaching out to everyone because I wanted to hear about the different avenues for investing in commercial and what they were.
Is there anything besides multifamily to pursue? What has been the histor...
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Hey folks. After nearly a year of dismissing it as largely a fad, I’ve been starting to do more and more with automated audio workflows in my STRs and have, so far, gotten great feedback on it from guests. Currently t...
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A tenant asked me if she could paint the kitchen/bedroom in her unit. She's a good tenant who takes care of the property. Nothing in lease about this, what are pros & cons?For those of you who have allowed tenan...
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Hello, I am in the process of getting a pre-approval before I start my hunt for my first rental property. My mortgage broker is pushing the idea of a non-QM lender being the one who funds this deal. My broker says I c...
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