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I have a 4 plex in South Florida whose trash carts were being invaded by raccoons recently.For over 4 years we had no issue.But about a month ago I noticed trash everywhere on the ground around the trash carts as a re...
3 years following BiggerPockets “from the shadows” and decided 2019 is the year of taking action.I created my profile earlier but haven’t posted anything, mainly because I didn’t think I have anything useful to contri...
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One of our prevalent society myths is that we "make" money. Nope. Money already exists, and the only one who makes it is the government with its overloaded printing machines. The rest of us move money around.If we bot...
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Hi, just went in escrow for my first flip. I’ll work with small teams by area as opposed to one GC. Should I ask the contractor quotes for floors, paint, landscape to include materials? Some are saying I should g...
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I have an old '98 Ford Escort that's just getting to the point that everything's going any time now. I could drop a bunch of money into that whole and watch it fly away, or get a new car. I decided on getting a new ca...
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Just a fun post here. I have been a SFR investor for 15 years and now have $2M in rental RE while working a full time career. The cash flow was tight for years it seemed but the snowball of debt paydown is rolling b...
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I have an empty rental property that I am currently rehabbing. I went to the house today to replace a ceiling fan and the neighbor was parked in my driveway and I couldn’t get in. I went to the front door ...
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Hi all,I just found out how to obtain code violation lists from my city records and now I'm thinking ahead for marketing. How would you yall go about messaging property owners via SMS when their properties have code v...
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Bought a package of 5 condos off an off market seller (called one of my letters). Condos are in Westland Mi. Which is in the Livonia/Garden City/Redford/Canton area. About 20 min east of downtown Detroit.I would rate ...
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Just wanted to share my perspective as to why we are focusing our efforts on Class B Industrial Real Estate. For those that don't know, class B properties are generally older and have some degree of wear and tear, but...