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I have an older 1920's duplex, and the outside looks just ok, but not great. Is it necessary to include photos of the exterior of the property for Airbnb? Or can I get away with zero exterior photos?
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My next purchase will probably be made with a Homestyle Renovation Loan.
I agreed to pay the seller the appraised value seeing as prices have dropped a lot in my area.
However, the way this loan works -- the renov...
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First and foremost, I am not an attorney but highly recommend that if you do own real estate (which if you are reading this you likely do) that you also speak to an estate planning attorney. Allow me to put emphasis o...
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Hello BiggerPockets members,
I have bought my first home and am almost done renovating. My initial plan was to turn it into my first rental but a couple things came up and have me reevaluating a possible sale. estima...
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Like many of us, I have created my own spreadsheet calculator to analyze multi-unit properties. I am struggling to understand how depreciation and taxable rental income should be calculated in the spreadsheet.As I cur...
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Hello. I am looking NOW for turnkey with EXCELLENT management. Birmingham area. I value all the opinions here, and am trying to learn as much as possible. Don't want to find out later that I missed out on something th...
As a tax return preparer, I run across people that deliberately have more withheld during the year than necessary as a kind of forced savings. Others that initially work at owing nothing or paying a little at year's ...
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I am not sure if I read it here on BP or somewhere else but I remember reading somewhere that people would get life Insurance and wait 1-2 years and then cash out $250-500k in one shot.Anyone heard anything about this
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I have a four unit apartment building. The person who sold the building may have installed new plugs/ outlets. I hired a contractor to change out two electrical panels. The exact wording is “CHANGE OUT 2 100A SUB PA...
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I am looking to be my own boss and start in investing in real estate etc. I figured I would keep my 9 to 5 until I could get it started. My questions are how do I start, I was thinking of getting my real estate licens...