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How many people are financially free on here? For those of you who are, do you still work or are you "retired" and living off the cash flow? If you are financially free, which method did you use to acquire it? (ie buy...
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After selling rental properties to investors for 20 years, the common denominator why people hate rentals is because they don't like managing the rentals. I always tell investors to spend their time educating, improvi...
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I live in San Diego, CA and have been looking for options locally but the numbers aren't adding up to my planned budget. I have been looking out of state at cheaper multifamily homes and those seem to bring the cash f...
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So we have been actively looking for investment properties for 2 years now. Fortunately we were able to purchase one and are in the rehab process. But even getting the first one took finding 3 realtors. So here is the...
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I'm new here and really like this site. All this talk about property managers makes me wonder. How many of you used property managers? I've heard their rates are usually 5-10%. I handle one SFR right now, but am l...
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I was informed today by my property manager that he keeps all the late payments when tenants pay rent late. Is that the norm or should I contest this? I know it could probably go either way and depends on what is in t...
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I drive a very old sedan. Most of my tenants drive nicer cars than I do. Now that I am considering purchasing a new(er) car that probably will be nicer than theirs, I am wondering whether to keep the old one to commu...
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We're just starting to look at out-of-state investment options, turnkey providers being one choice, and I am wondering if anyone has had any recent experience they'd like to share about Zach Lemaster and his company, ...