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Hey guys, I need some help. I bought a house at an auction. There was not access allowed to view the property prior to bidding. After I won the auction, I was walking around the house to get some more ideas on what to...
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I'm referring to tenants as the previous owner. There is no lease.
We purchased a foreclosure, gave 3 day notice, then served unlawful detainer. Waited the 5 days with no response from tenant. Received the writ of po...
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Hi all. How do I deal with this tenant? They live on the first floor of a small ten-unit building. You have to walk up several steps from the ground floor to get there. The laundry room is on ground floor. The laund...
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One of my biggest fears is getting ripped off by contractors, them stealing my money, rehab cost exceeding budget . However, I realized to maximize my returns I need to consider distressed properties as an out of stat...
Hello all,
My rental property has a sunken concrete slab on the sidewalk in front of the property.
Anu ideas on How to fix this in a cheap/effective way. It seems too deep for quikrete.
The property is in H...
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I am sure you have seen it on the news, but I live in the middle of Illinois where a major tornado destroy several hundred houses. I was hoping to purchase my first distressed property in the next month to flip. My...
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A house I am purchasing was built in the late 50's and has several outlets that are not grounded. The inspector suggested I install GFIC outlets. Do I need to replace all non grounded outlets with gfic outlets or can ...
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After 10 years in our current home we have simply outgrown it and are moving up. This is a perfect opportunity to "obtain" our first investment property and as such we intend to sell our current home with owner finan...
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I have new tenants moving in. I talked about requiring proof of vaccination for pets at the showing. Didn’t have it in this listing... :(Now I’m asking for proof and they don’t have their cat vaccinated. Tenant says “...
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I have read in several different forums about the 8% rule but I don't completely understand it. Can anyone give me a good explanation of this? Thanks in advance.