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[RANT] My tentants (1 college student + 2 young working professionals) were tired of waiting for my plumber to fix a sewage smell - it took a series of months to complete root cause analysis, so they took matters into...
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New member here. I'm a military spouse and currently a stay at home mom, but we are interested in learning about real estate investing. I'm of the "I hate debt" persuasion. Are there any real estate books or expert...
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How much can I expect to pay for general contractors?
Let's say that prior to making an offer to buy a rehab, I hire contractor A to do an initial walk-through with me and come up with a detailed improvement ...
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Gold broke the $1000 an ounce barrier last week and is zooming up over $1100 as I write this. It seems to me that the money that the Fed's loose monetary policy is going to come home to roost. If I recall the 1970's a...
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Hey there, BackgroundI'm a first time landlord. I have a tenant in a rent controlled unit who I tried working with for several months but unfortunately stopped paying rent. We served a 3-day notice and a summons, whic...
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Hey BP community! I'm still very new to the REI game and am in the stage of education and research, learning as much as I can about the buy and hold method. I was interested in hearing from investors who have rentals ...
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Landlord set up and control of the property Wi-Fi can provide many advantages, from becoming a small but steady source of extra revenue, to enhancing security (remote control and recording of gates, entries, exterior ...
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Hello,
I'm Will and am located in Wilmington, NC. I've been in the military just over 10 years and currently 18 months into my real estate journey with 2 rentals. I purchased a 2 bed 2 ba 600 sqft/side duplex in Feb...
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I recently inherited a decent sum of money. I could let it sit in an investment account and get me 12% a year, but I'm thinking longer term. Was considering taking $150K of it and buying a few rental properties. I've ...
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By now you might have heard that a few financial institutions in the US and beyond have run into some difficulties..Somewhat counterintuitively the implosion of SVB bank and the downgraded risk of other regional and i...