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We are starting to look at plexes as it first investment. I'm trying to account for insurance in my cashflow calculations. I'm curious to hear how to best plan and budget for this.What specific measures have you taken...
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I recently started my real estate investing adventure and, like most people, one of the challenges you encounter early on is financing. I'm not quite at the stage where I want to bring on investors, so I am relying o...
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Hello All,I have resigned from my W2 job and going into independent consulting. As a result, further conventional loans are out of reach until I have 2 full years of tax returns. Come Q3 this year, I will have 300k ...
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Hello 👋 I just bought a duplex 2016sf total 1008sf each unit, year build:1992 (cash deal, refinance after rehab)The tenants go out in two month and will start renovating both units. I wanted to know which home insuran...
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Hi everyone,I am 21 and graduating this May and accepted a job as an independent contractor and will be a 10-99 employee. I have been told that it will be harder to get a mortgage because I am an independent contracto...
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Greetings All,DB from Chicago here! Summer is finally here, which means us Educators get a 1.5 month break! In the spirit of taking action, one of my goals this summer is to get my real estate license. Chicago and som...
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Anyone out there working on any senior housing/ independent living projects? Curious to hear the communities thoughts on preparing to meet baby boomer retirement housing demand. I have had two competitors Recently s...
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There are so many different methods in real estate...I got to wonder, what are the most used methods by investors out there? I'm working hard on a plan to actually free myself from the rat race and be an independent ...
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To Fellow Investors,
At what point in your business did you or would you choose to add part or full-time staff instead of using independent contractors?
What position did you or would you hire first?
Thanks for you...
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Good morning all, I listened to episode 442 of the podcast a couple of weeks ago in which Bryce Stewart brought up the importance of workers comp waiver forms. I own properties in New York state and Oregon and I hire ...