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I am looking for some budget friendly touches that can help rent out an apartment, or attract better tenants. Examples include (USB outlets, updated digital thermostat, updated light fixtures/faucets,etc)Any ideas? Ha...
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We are currently all cash buyers of distressed single family houses. All of them need some degree of improvement, like landscape upgrades, carpet, paint, some appliance replacement...and generally looking to spend ab...
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Hey Fellow Landlords,
What do you refresh the exterior of your properties with: paint, hardy plank or siding? Why?
I'm asking as I work through a 1950s rehab with a lot of wood rot. The goals are to protect the asse...
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Hi All,As a new investor I am looking to improve my deal analysis, specifically CapEx. I have gone through various forum posts on methods, but am specifically interested in hiring a consultant/contractor to go through...
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Hey everyone,I'm from Chattanooga, Tennessee, and have recently started (I see the path at least) my journey on building a strong passive income through real estate investing. I came upon the idea since I recently bou...
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Quick question for Washington DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland folks.I have a family member doing some work on a condo in DC, and they have gotten some bids but some of the contractors have a home improvement licens...
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I am starting a new job as the business development manager at a property management company in Orlando. We're looking to grow 4 fold from 300 to over 1200 in the next few years. I would like to know what kinds of exp...
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While the "service" part of the Internal Revenue Service has always been lacking, there're some welcome improvements recently:1. The huge backlog of unopened mail, dating back to the beginning of Covid, is getting sma...
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Hi BP Community, Has anyone had any luck getting a loan on a 1-4 unit property purchased as an upleg to a 1031 improvement exchange. The difficulty seems to be that the QI requires the loan to be non-recourse to them ...