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Hi BP Family,I am exploring the short term rental market and was planning to self manage the property. One question that keeps coming up is how to handle the trash cans? I don't want my guests having to show up to a h...
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Cleaned out a rental I purchased and hauled 3 truckloads of garbage to the dump. Does everyone just classify this expense as line 27a Other Expenses? Thanks, Merrit
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I have a 5 bedroom home on Lake Minnetonka in Excelsior MN that I want to Air BNB it starting in August. I understand the prime months are May through September. My question is how much success have people had with Ai...
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Last week I did a 6 month inspection on my property and found some things. The garbage disposal has a hole on the side! I guess it is corroded and thus the hole. My thoughts were to replace it and get it over with but...
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I've rehabbed quite a few homes that were garbage dumps but this one takes the cake. This property has probably dozens of rats inside with piles of rat poop everywhere. The smell is so overwhelming that even with a ma...
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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...
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I have not borrowed hard money yet for my deals I usually use conventional loans from large banks, however I would like to fund my next flip with private money since cash buyers in my area have the upper hand and scoo...
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I just wanted to get a consensus from the BP community on trash outs. When you purchase a property or are doing a changeover of tenants and there is a significant amount of trash/personal belongings left behind what d...
Typically the expression is figurative right? Today I was looking at a few mobile home parks today I've had on my radar, and lo and behold, was driving by one of the homes and the garbage can was set fire. Heres a ...
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Hello,Has anyone ever offered helping out the neighbor of where your rental is to make it look better? Like offer to pay half for an upgraded fence or tell them they need to fix some things? The neighbor where my rent...