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Good morning from Chicago,I am an owner/occupant of a Tri-plex.I'm a 26 year old kid and this is my first property and first year as a landlord. So far so good and a really positive experience up until my first hiccup...
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First of all, I believe Lonnie Scruggs, was a great man who, while he did charge for his knowledge, made a whole lot of people a whole lot of money. I would never try to take that away from him.
Second, throu...
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I keep reading people here saying "Your rental properties are a business" as a precursor to some inflexible dogma about sticking to the letter of agreements and pursuance of remedies for breaches. Let me point out ...
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Hi guys,
I got a house under contract that also came with an unhappy tenant. The tenant's wife was living at the house under a L/O contract, which expired 8 months ago. The couple got a divorce, the wife moved out,...
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My husband and I are members in an LLC partnership that owns several rental properties. We also have a handful of properties that are titled in our personal names because we have mortgages on them that had to be in ou...
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I've been in the process of putting together a private money info packet, as I've not used anything other than conventional financing to date. HOWEVER, this deal has presented itself to me before my ducks are in a ro...
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We are truly blessed in the USA to have so many advantages to real estate investing. Cash flow, appreciation, loan pay down, tax benefits, etc. With relatively low barriers to entry, it seems like anyone and everyone ...