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Hi everyone! I have a question about what to do with the electric and water when showing the rental, do you leave them on and keep paying for them or shut them off? I have personally been shown rentals that do both bu...
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I love this website! I am new here and I have been listening to the podcast, reading articles and scrolling through the forum non-stop. I have a few questions that might be silly or easily answered, but I am having...
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@Scott Weaner Asked me to post about Wave Accounting and how I set it up for real estate. Whether it's set up for real estate or not (they have that option when they ask what sort of business it is), they have a numb...
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Looking for a good short term rental training program or reading material to better my knowledge in that area of real estate. Any tips or advice if I wanted to get started doing STR?
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I am looking into installing a fire alarm system in a 7 unit apartment building that I own. I would like to do the work myself. I do a lot of the work myself on 1-4 unit buildings. Does anyone here do their own work ...
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What's the latest analysis with regard to Dodd-Frank 2014 which comes into effect January 10th as far as how it relates to real estate investors doing options, lease purchases, seller financing, etc.?
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I am being told by an attorney that because of the Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 I cannot get a seller to hold the paper. I do not understand because I hear of people doing this.
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My first property is in escrow and I'm trying to get ready to evaluate applicants. I want to have a full set of standards before I start evaluating applicants that way I can prove I used the same qualifications for ev...
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I heard they’re trying to make wholesaling illegal in Maryland.
I guess you’ll only be able to do 2 deals a year in Maryland. It looks similar to the Illinois law, but you’ll be able to do 2 deals a year, not 1 dea...
I good friend and I have discussed flipping houses before but never created an LLC or invested. He has attended some auctions and saw some interesting properties. We have finally come to a point where we are ready to...