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I was driving into the office today and had this thought.....are slumlords really that bad? Hear me out and then you decide.
I think it's safe to assume that most of the folks on BP would consider themselves ...
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I currently have two house-hacks that I've moved out of and are now full time rentals that cash flow roughly $800-1K per month each. When I started straight out of college, I used to think that I NEEDED 10 houses in 1...
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Hey guys,the background check that I ran on one applicant that I have returned with 2 housing claims in one year. As I confronted the applicant with these claims, she was surprised and claimed that it must be someone ...
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I saw a post on Twitter that I had to respond to . . . of course, the response and initial post are priceless, IMO.
First Tweet:
If a home is listed for $25k, assume it's a fixer-upper. No need to email me and ask fo...
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Good news I just granted you 13 Months to accomplish your 2010 goals.
Sit back over the next week or so and think about what you want to accomplish. The Thanksgiving week is a perfect time to do this as you are li...
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Welcome to the new year BiggerPockets Community! Many of us have already begun to plan and assess how to improve our businesses for 2022. Some of us, myself included, are still in the process of setting those goals. I...
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I want to purchase another property to buy & hold. I have a high DTI because my primary home is only in my name, yet my husbands income obviously goes towards paying our primary homes mortgage even though he's n...
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Good Morning BP,As Tax Season approaches, and this being my first full year of real estate investing, I realize that the one task that I personally am absolutely am horrible at and hate doing is bookkeeping. I have t...
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I have some work needing done that requires permits and the contractors aren't licensed in the city where the permit is needed. They want me to pay their license fee and a fee for pulling the permits and putting their...
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So we bought a small lot today that we plan to develop. The purchase was for $60k in cash using a buyer and seller broker. When the HUD came out the seller flipped out and didn't want to pay all of the commissions t...