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Is it common for contractors to refuse to provide itimized bids?
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My husband and I are considering selling our current business and reinvesting full time into house flipping (eventually then building our own real estate portfolio, as well). We would like to have more input from more...
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Hi,I'm looking to get an understanding of some of the locations in LA County and Ventura county. Are there any areas that you would recommend staying away from, and why?I am interested in the following, and plan to dr...
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I'm a first time investor considering putting an offer on a four plex that location on a solid street in what I'd call a semi-rough area, I wouldn't really want to live there, but as far as I know there isn't a ton of...
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A partner and I are in the midst of two fix and flips northeast of Tulsa and haven't been particularly impressed with the quality and speed of licensed contractors. For what seemed like a decent amount of money there ...
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Hi all! I am a New Yorker moving out to the Seattle area and am looking to buy my first home. I have been looking at houses in the UDistrict, Ravenna area and wanted to get some feedback on my findings. I have been pr...
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Good afternoon BP investors. I'm going through my first BRRR property and I was wondering if obtaining W9 from contractors during renovation is always a good strategy. I have conducted my due diligence (license and re...
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I currently have a 401(k) with my employer. It does not allow me to use the funds for the purpose of investing in real estate property. i’m very close to changing employers, and they have the ability to discontinue t...
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My contractor and I have constantly been disagreeing (friendly of course) on the amount of work to complete the project. My mindset (that has worked well for me so far) is make the house cosmetically attractive as fa...
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Need help figuring out this partnership agreement!
My partner and I are preparing to conduct our second REO rehab together. We completed one a few months ago and were happy with the results.
We do most of the reha...