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Im new to larger apartments. I’m looking at a 8 unit building with $5100 month in rents. Building is in reasonable shape and units have various amount of updates Overall decent building in rural and safe area. Own...
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Looking at a set of #4 four plexes built 1980 in Marion, IA - each unit is a 2 bed 1 bath 700-800 square feet. Here's the numbers.
Rent: $549 per month per unit (their numbers say $585 I think they include...
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I’m considering hiring a comission only employee and wanted feedback from anyone else who has done this? What type of pay structure did you set up? How difficult was it to find someone? Any other details would be g...
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Hey Team, I’ve been listening to all of the recommended podcasts & books & have done my best to understand what I can before diving into my first deal, but I still have a couple of specific questions I’m hopin...
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Hi,
I'm trying to get my repetitions up underwriting mock apartment scenarios. Looking for knowledge from the groups' experience. When thinking about vacancy, concessions, loss to lease, bad debt:
1) When initiall...
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As I am actively working to get a new rental property, I am trying define what I am comfortable with as a first time investor.
Would love to pick your brain on these questions.
1) How important is a good school dis...
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How do you all feel about the rent control situation in Oregon overall? We see great buys there but have been leary of stepping over the Oregon / Washinton board (We are in Vancouver, WA). We were even interested in b...
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Hey Bp! I plan on getting started in Rei within the next year or two and plan on staying near dc for my job and was curious on what area is better to invest in NoVa or Baltimore. There is not alot of multifamily homes...
When searching for markets to look for deals in, more so long distance markets, what tools do you use to decide whether that city, or specific neighborhood, are worth even looking for deals in? Almost like a precursor...
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Hello, I'm mostly writing to confirm my suspicions as the regulations are a little unclear/I'd appreciate a second set of eyes to make sure I'm not completely off-base. I'm looking at the proper treatment of the de mi...