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I started a refinance application on my residence and I'm kind of having some second thoughts about it. It appraised at $370k, with about $189 left on the first mortgage balance. I also have a HELOC with a limit of $6...
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I want to highlight the success story of a fellow house hacker Jeff White and I go way back with. Irina Barnett found a beautiful 3 bed/ 2 bath SFH in Aurora that she absolutely loved but the numbers did not pan out a...
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Don't get me wrong, I am never giving up. However, sometimes this industry gets to me. There are times, dealing with truly just bad people, that makes me wonder why I do this to begin with.I always go back to my "wh...
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Is anyone on here a realtor or property manager or have any experience with Scranton pa? My wife and I live in Easton and are interested in checking out Scranton for rentals. My wife went to college there so she knows...
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Hello All,This is my first time on a forum, but I am so frustrated with my situation with Home Partners that I felt it necessary to write. I have been renting with them for about a month and the process to get anythi...
The masks probably aren’t helping people much against the Corona Virus, but right now, in middle America, there are investors buying up all the dust masks from all the paint stores etc. There’s likely going to be an ...
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I realize that everyone has a different standard of living and expectations in life, but what is your FREEDOM number that would allow you to leave your W2 position? What would you want to do with your time if it coul...
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I just evicted a tenant who had lived in one of my apartments for 8 years. He obviously hadn't cleaned in all those years. I'm wondering, when you do inspections what do you point out for tenants to clean/fix? Do you ...
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Me and my wife have lived in our home for almost about a year and a half. We have gained quite a bit of equity in our home and are wanting to move into a larger home. We have found out that since we haven't lived th...
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Hi Everyone,I've been meaning to write this for a bit. One of my goals for 2023 is to meet more fellow investors and professionals in Central and Eastern MA. Looks like this is a pretty active forum with great content...