How would you start? I currently own a townhome that I live in worth $480k. I owe mortgage around $380. I was laid off my job and I'm currently awaiting my background investigation(BI) to clear and start a new job. ...
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Title says it all. I recently purchased a 6 acre, ready to build plot in south county RI and am looking for a home builder to discuss construction of a modern farmhouse ranch style home. I've met with 1 thus far (Eric...
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As everyone knows a residential loan is a lot cheaper than a investment loan. Does anyone get a residential loan and live in the house for a year and then rent it out after that. Is it possible to do this every year? ...
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Hi all!I recently bought my first rental property and up to this point it has been almost maintenance free. Recently one of the tenants let me know that one of the windows is broken. I really am not concerned if she b...
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Hi, I was wondering if you all have problems with hiring trades people from other counties? I'm looking at hiring electricians and plumbers. Some of my houses are in high priced areas and the cheaper labor are in the...
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One of the interesting trends from 2020 was how affordable markets - those with cheaper rents - significantly outperformed expensive markets in terms of rent growth.
Apartments owners in these affordable markets (re...
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Does anybody have a very very rough estimate of the contractors discount from retail price at Daltile? Is it 25%, 50%, other?
Just trying to get a general idea for estimating purposes.
Thanks
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What channel pricing ratio do you use on your pms? Currently I have Vrbo 115% of Airbnb price, and booking.com 140%. I would like the listings to be similar in price across all platforms, but since they won’t be exact...
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I'm getting ready to start on a house in Denton and looking into options on builders risk. Was quoted $500 (minimum) for 3 months. Does this seem pretty accurate? On previous homes we had been adding them to our co...
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Just did my first refinace on a property in PA. It was a frustrated process especially because of the appraisal, they were clueless and won't admit that they were wrong. My question is, regarding the closing costs. My...