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Here's a video of how not to landlord:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIrN-etPO0E&nofeather=True
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Hello, my girlfriend and I rent an apartment, we have three kids together, and live in northern Pennsylvania, as it is now "winter" (cold winds, snow, freezing rain, etc.) my girlfriend and I went out and got some hea...
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I had a very interesting conversation with a potential buyer for one of my listings. This buyer’s rep talked about how most of the deals in his hometown (NY) are at a minimum of 8% cap rate and how the one I have list...
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My wife and I are new to real estate investing. She lives in central Florida, I live in Atlanta. We have the same goals, like: use RE investing to fund our retirement and help us one day live together. We're getting r...
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This post is a year late, but my wife and I learned a few things on the purchase of our second 4-unit (what we learned from our first one here).
1. Appraisals: what attracted us to the property was that it was down ...
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So, recently I closed on a property in SC. Currently the building is vacant, at one point it was a functional beauty salon. This is my 1st deal EVER. My plan is to convert into a barber shop, should be a smooth transi...
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Whats your take on buying in bad areas, what I mean by that is the areas where crackheads roam, no one takes care of the steets they live on let alone there properties?Seems like the only multi-family homes I can find...
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Not sure how many Fraternity Men there are on BP, but wanted to see if anyone had ever tried anything like this before.
Obviously college kids are not the ideal tenants for most rentals, but fraternities, especially ...
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I'm starting in on the task of Christmas shopping, and looking for good books for one family member. On the Washington Post 'Best Books of 2016' list, I stumbled across this gem:'Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the Ame...
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Hey BP, I am considering going the AirBnB route with one of my rentals. After browsing current rentals on AirBnB in my area (Ben Lomond, Scotts Valley, Felton), I noticed that most of them are fully booked for the nex...