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I'm a Canadian investor investing long distance in a few cities in the US. I'm having problems with these 2 properties I'm rehabbing in Chicago.The way we approach a project like this is to get an inspector, get quote...
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OK. I have excellent credit ( 780 ) and numerous credit cards with a total credit availability around 150k. Question: how can I effectively use the credit available to me in my real estate investor business? Cash a...
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I am a newbie investor, learning all that I can from investors like you through Bigger Pockets, so thank you. I heard about the house hacking concept through a podcast on BP which explained the concept of purchasing a...
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My story on Fortune Builders refund policy.
I went to a three day seminar. We did due diligence before we went and tried to find out as much as possible about them. (Had a hard time finding reviews). We decided to g...
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Hi,
I’m currently living in Orange County, CA and would like to work with a real estate CPA to do my taxes and optimize/evaluate my tax returns from previous year.
I’ve always done taxes by myself using TurboTax in...
I’ve had my license coming up on 4 years and I’m debating if I should renew it or not. I’m not so confident in sales nor do I feel that I’ve given it my best shot either. It is pricey to keep up the license and I have...
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Whether I'm showing a unit, or at a cocktail party when people ask me what I do, I inevitably get the question "how many units do you own"? To me, this is quite rude and they are basically asking me how much my portfo...
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Hello,
I have a property I rent rooms out to individuals. I literally had cameras installed last week. AirBnB is one of the platforms I use. I installed them in the common hallway, the entry door, kitchen, and a co...
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Let me start by qualifying the title of this post with a couple statements. First, I’m not talking about your neighborhood specifically, although given a long enough period the title is likely to be very close to app...
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Just went to inspect some work and noticed they weren't using thinset to lay down the cement board under porcelain tile.
When I asked the contractor, he asked his flooring guy who had been doing tile for 25 ...