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Hello BiggerPockets Community, My name is Michael Marquis and I'm about four weeks away from moving to South Portland, Maine to start a Property Management company specializing in managing affordable residential multi...
Hi Everyone- I wanted to post here to hopefully capture those that have used agents for investing. I am a new agent, just got licensed last month in Utah. I have partnered with my husband who has been an agent for al...
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i am considering trying to streamline my management a little more.Looking at programs such as apfolio with its higher cost fees/services, vs buildium etc...I own and manage 19 units, and am starting to manage other re...
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Having a property manager look after your property may not be right for you. You may be educated and passionate about managing your own properties. Here are some guidelines of when you should hire a PM based on units,...
Long story short, I would like to purchase a portfolio of properties(mix of commercial and SF rental) from family members that are tired of running the real estate. 9 properties in total. I plan to manage all of this ...
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For someone who is self managing a portfolio of rentals, any recommendation for bookkeeping books? I use REI Hub where all my accounts are connected and I categorize income, expenses etc. Most of the time the categori...
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Summary: For those with a W-2 job but that own 1 or 2 rental properties, are there any expenses that you declare that aren't to one specific property, but are meant to support / grow your real estate investing in gene...
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My fiance and I purchased and flipped our first property last year. We doubled our investment at closing (75k invested 150k sold) and realized this is something we really enjoyed doing. Another property came to us by ...
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hi all, first off this deal scares me, not that it is bad but that it is big, there is an investor that wants to unload his portfolio of rentals and retire i received a voicemail and email from the investor containing...
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What do you guys think about investing in REITs?