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Hi,I've been looking for a property for about 8 months now and am now getting very close to purchasing a place. I've learned a ton in the past 8 months and have focused on "doing the math", and I have pretty ridiculou...
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Can anyone who has owned a property for a long period of time confirm that the money they spend over 27.5 years is approximately the original cost of the structure? Is this supposed to be maintenance, or are capital e...
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I'm thinking of changing the old bath tub to a jacuzzi bathtub in one of my rental. I had it in one and it rented out pretty fast at a good rental price, it will probably cost me $1000 to do what do you guys think? I ...
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I'm wondering how others with more than just a handful of properties stay organized. I have 25 properties, all professionally managed, so I'm largely keeping track of HOA, leases, property taxes, insurance, mortgage ...
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I have a rental property in a suburb of Houston and I have been approached to lease my house to an investor with a lot AirBnB experience. They will use the property for their AirBnB business. They have excellent revie...
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I have been looking heavily into lease options, but I have seen some on here saying there could be legality issues. Apparently some laws were enacted on the federal level to restrict a person's ability to take advanta...
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So my plan is to remotely manage a few vacation rentals I currently own. Trying to set them up to be as "hands off" as possible. I have local resources to help out if needed, but trying to minimize calling on them. I'...
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Every time my tenant would leave, they would turn their heat off (hwbb) to save money. I told them not to do that because you’re not really saving that much AND the cost of a frozen or ruptured pipe is WAY more that w...
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Los Angeles market. Tenant pays rent on time. He has not paid utilities since Aug 2022. I am currently going through the Small Claims process to recover the unpaid amount. The electricity utility account is under my n...