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Hello everyone! We are looking to invest in properties out-of-state (we are CA residents, investing in FL). We want to purchase 2 homes this year. Is it bad to use two separate realtors at the same time, each to find ...
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Has anyone used Alex Martinez's course? He reached out to me before he put it together a couple of years ago. He seemed like a standup guy. The program's pretty cheap, so I was just kinda curious about it.
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New investor here. My first property was a multi-family in Iowa. I got it for dirt cheap, and now I see why. The former owner (LLC) was rather lacking on upkeep of the units. And now after a year, the utilities are ea...
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Hello Everyone,I was wondering if any experienced landlords had any tips for maximizing cash flow in duplexes/triplexes. To me it seems as thought the initial cash flow that you begin with after purchasing the proper...
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I am closing on and moving into my second property today! I have a lot of ideas of what I would like to do to add value, but not sure where the best place is to start. I am experienced with renovation and I am planni...
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I'm doing my first partnership flip with my father. He's very adamant about having cameras installed on the property for peace of mind and understandably so. The area the home is in is not terrible but it's not the be...
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Hi All -I am gut renovating a 2300 sq 2 family house into a 4 unit 4100 sq ft multi-family building. I have the ability to start from scratch? Assuming 3 units are about 1000 square feet and the fourth is 700 squar...
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I own a 2 family unit in st louis, this is upper level and lower level. I used to occupy the upper level while the lower level was being gut rehabbed. While living upstairs i had high electric bills winter only (all...
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Hi all - we have an ADU in our single family home and have been including the cost of utilities in the ADU rent. We recently started charging our tenants a $100 flat rate to help cover some of our soaring utility cost...
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I would estimate as much as 20% of our guests in our various units will open windows while the Heat or AC runs and struggles to keep up, and running up the utilities bill. I can understand if it's a nice high 60s or '...