Hey BP,I'm looking to become more familiar with Baltimore and I'm curious what you use to keep current with city events. I found a podcast by the Baltimore Sun called "Roughly Speaking", so I'm going to start listeni...
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I would like to get everyone's opinion on a matter. I have a couple renting from me that are constantly paying late. Now I have a late fee policy in place and I enforce it (rent due on the 1st,$50 on the 6th, $10 per ...
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I only own one property, but know that I would like to scale my buy and hold portfolio in the near future. How soon is too soon to use a rental property management software? I figured it will be useful to already have...
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Hi everyone!Yay!! My first post here on Bigger Pockets. I'm a new member located in the Bay Area of Northern California who is just starting his journey towards financial freedom. Right now I'm in the process of re-ev...
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I just checked out the new Nest thermostat from lowes. Incredible product, but is it worth the investment at $200? I do higher end renovations and I think this would be an great selling feature. Any thoughts?
www.nes...
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I am currently looking to purchase my first rental property in Roseville CA where many houses have pools. Being that pools can create a big liability is this something I should stay away from as a new investor?
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We are a Seattle-based property management company. We need to purchase a good camera and camcorder for taking real estate pictures and videos for both marketing as well as inspection purposes..
What are the...
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Hello, I am a first time home buyer in the South Florida (Broward County) area utilizing a VA loan as my first home purchase. I am 25 years old, and have a savings of about $20k. I am pre-approved for a 300,000 loan t...
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Greetings BP Community!After thinking about it for a few years I've finally put my fears aside and started taking actionable steps to build my own real estate investment business in beautiful Wilmington, NC. My goal f...
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Hello BP community,At this point in time we have 4 units that we own and manage. We have been relying on Excel heavily for keeping track of everything, which has worked out alright so far but we are continuing to expa...