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Last year we tried something new. In early December, we sent both our tenants (we only had two units at the time) a Christmas card saying thank you and enclosing a $50 gift card. We did it mainly to say thank-you t...
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My wife and I are new Duplex owners and put in our contract that they need to have renters insurance (just because that’s what we’ve had when we rented). We had pushback from it because “they’ve never had renters insu...
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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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I am a fairly new real estate investor in Paducah, KY with one property under my belt. I am wanting to grow and learn more about "landlording" in the coming months. I say coming months because my wife and I are expect...
Has anyone ventured in the area of senior housing? I've seen a few deals but I noticed the rents are restricted and most of the mortgages are assumable. Has anyone done any of these deals? Anything to look out for?
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I purchased a property to convert to a bed and breakfast an would appreciate any advice or resources on how to get started. The property is a two family upper and lower with 5 bedrooms and 4 baths. The 1st floor has...
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Hello! Does being a real estate agent give you exponential advantages while investing in real estate in general? I’m still in the learning process of what avenue of investing I want to venture down, and about a year a...
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Hi everyone, I am interested in tax planning strategy to lower my W2 tax liability and create investment opportunity through the use of creative tax strategy. Can someone offer me some suggestions?We can work with the...
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So as landlord’s we know we are vilified in most of the media with rent strikes and evictions moratorium’s covering the headlines! The reality is our costs keep coming and there is no one covering the debit and expe...
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End Goal: Save the family farmI’ve been studying Real Estate Investing since 2002 but have yet to actually get into it. I’d give reasons why, but they’d all sound like excuses. I’ve been devoted to raising my three ...