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Hi, I am new to being a landlord. I got some pretty good applicants (at least on paper) on my first time showing the house. I have 3 questions:1. I know there are some applicants they are not going to afford the house...
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If your strategy is long-term buy and hold, how long do you prefer your tenant leases are (in a class C area)? And, why?
A) Month-to-month
B) 6-months
C) 1-year
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I'm interested in having a property manager manage my first apartment building, what are some good questions to ask a property manager besides what are their rates?
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Hey BPers,Looking to get my first rental property rented out and I'm wondering what's a good system to offer to allow tenants to pay rent. I've heard that this could get tricky because if the tenant doesn't pay on tim...
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I'm a newbie, and I'm debating whether to hire a property management team for my property. We used to self manage our for Airbnb while we were on site, but we are now traveling full time and switching to midterm renta...
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If you have been listening to the recent podcasts with James and Jessie, you know they brought their value add components. What are some of the lesser common things you add to your properties that may make it feel mor...
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I didn't want to, but I am considering self-managing my newly-purchased SFR in Cleveland (I'm located in CT). Don't get me wrong, I feel like a good PM is invaluable and have no issues paying one their 10% to properl...
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Hey everyone,Does anyone have any experience investing in D/F neighborhoods? I mean the worst of the worst. In the Kansas City area or just in general.I see a lot of investors that shy away from these areas. If you ar...
Hello everyone,I'm looking into investing in out of state rental properties, since I don't have the firepower to purchase in my home state of CA. Being new to real estate investing, I don't have reliable contacts I tr...
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I am fairly new to real estate investing but have spent the last 10 plus years researching/dreaming of one day actually getting started. I finally jumped in this summer and am about to complete my first rehab/rent pro...