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Hello everybody,I am wanting to get started in Real Estate investing. My goal is to purchase a single family home and turn it into a rental property. I am married and have 3 kids. I work at an medical device factory b...
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Good Morning Everyone!
I am currently stuck on the Screening process when I am reviewing applications.
I am having a hard time trying to find a good tenant screening service that works best for Massachusetts and is...
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Has anyone that self manages used a professional property management company to cover for you when you are going to be out of town for an extended period of time? Do any property managers offer this service? If so, ...
Starting this topic with another thread title to generate more interest! Anyone have any success in carving out a niche in property management of subdivisions, condominium associations, etc. for an HOA? I have not see...
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Hi Guys,
I had a contractor who was working in my property in Darby. He finished 40% of the job and is not responding to any phone calls or messages. He lied about a permit approval and once I called the county, they...
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Hello everyone:
We are a working couple who own a few out of state rental properties in AL, FL, GA etc. While we currently have property management companies in place for managing these properties, we wanted to lever...
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hi, I live in a townhouse style condo and have both an HOA and a Condo board. The HOA has send me about 3 or 4 threatening letters over the last 6 months for various things. One more recent issue was they had a lawyer...
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We have a new situation here that we’d greatly appreciate input on from the BP community… but first, anyone know a good lawyer to have on-hand for questions like these/cost?
We screened out many, many tenants that ...
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I hate surprises.I have always been told, get to 80% loan to value and you can remove your PMI. I'm there.I call my mortgage servicer and say I'd like to remove my PMI and they say nope! Got to be at 75% LTV! What!? I...
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Hi everyone, A tenant has brought to my attention she wants a esa for medical problem at sfr I rent to her. So today I get a text with a picture of letter from an alleged medical provider (DNP-C). Missing from the ...