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I need help. We are getting ready to list a long-term rental home out of state and do a 1031 exchange for a STR property (maybe two) closer to where we live in SoCal. Given the income potential, we think STRs are the ...
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I'm in the process of rehabbing a three unit building In Jersey City, NJ. I'm redoing the heating system, so that each unit pays it's own heating bill. I was not planning on providing air conditioning. I was planni...
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I'm a couple months into owning a rental property in NY. Bigger Pockets was a huge getting it nailed down! Now I've got my first post-purchase question.The home I purchased was a gut renovation flip. To make a long st...
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We have a unit that currently has baseboard heat (electric) The tenants we had in there years ago never complained about the cost of heat, but the tenants we have had for the past 2 years say that their bill goes up $...
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I have seen some that say carpet is the way to go in bedrooms, but others that say it is too expensive to replace and there are on-going costs of cleaning between tenants. Personally I have the tenants pay for cleanin...
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I like sfh's more then apartments. Am i crazy? Seems to me at least in my area its a better business model.
Example so i looked at i thought was a steal for a 5 unit for $60,000 but in a bad area. It would cashflow ...
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I just had my first guest ever with my new Airbnb. I'm not off to a good start. I want to leave them a bad review but my place has zero reviews and I don't want to get in a war with my first guest. The issues were the...
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When flipping houses that are projected to be complete during the winter, is it better to go ahead and list at that time or possibly rent it out initially with plans to list for sale at a later time when buyers are mo...
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We're ready to try and find our first buy/hold property in the Austin area. Any thoughts on up and coming areas in Austin?