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My rental was completely destroyed. So far, over $20,000 in damage. I have never felt this level of stress, stuck out of state in heavy heavy debt, homesick, waiting for contractors who do not show up. Fine new one...
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Most of BP is about MAKING money. But as Ben Franklin states, "A penny saved is a penny earned!" Therefore, I would like to hear your ideas on saving money.
Here are a couple from me.
I clip grocery coupons! :lol:...
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Has anyone tried renting stuff to their tenants? I'm always thinking about ways to make extra money from rentals. Seems a lot of people need stuff when they move, and may want to just add a bit to their rent payment f...
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So, if it costs 5k to stage a home (5 rooms), would it not make cents to actually buy 5k worth of self staging and begin staging our own flips? It might end product saving 4k/flip maybe more. It is work, but... Though...
So I've been doing this for a while and before I start a demo project I call the scrappers (if there isn't anything I want to scrap) for metal and the Purple Hearts etc to grab furniture. I separate the concrete if i...
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Hello,I am brand new to this website and have started reading some of the bigger pockets books to educate myself. My girlfriend and I have decided that we want to buy our first home this summer, and we are looking to ...
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Hi everybody. I'd like to get some feedback on this spreadsheet. I've been wanting a way to walk through a property and "check off" all the items I'd need for the rehab. So, I combined a couple of J Scott's awesom...
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Tim posted an intriguing thread on food storage and there were great posts on differing points of view and things needed. If we get into a really bad situation,pre-apocalypse, there are some other things neccessary.
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IF you do rehabs, how many HOURS do you OR YOUR CONTRACTOR typically spend at Home Depot, Lowes, your favorite building material supplier, etc etc?
Answer can be broken down into:
1. When project first starts OR aft...
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After much research, planning, goal setting, and purchasing my first two SFR with the VA Loan while moving around duty locations with the Army, I finally took the first action step of building my multifamily portfolio...