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Hello Fellow Real Estate Investors!I am 24 years old, currently an apprentice for the sheet metal workers union. I am a 3rd year apprentice, I go to school for 5 years and will be a journeyman when I graduate. I enjoy...
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Hello,
Does anyone know what taxes are deductible through business expense? For example, if you have a W2 job and make 100K. Then you pay 24% on the 15K from the 85K to 100K bracket of your income. Adding the FICA t...
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The following story may sound silly but I honestly don't know where I should ask for opinions.My family owns a 2.5-acre vacant lot in San Gabriel Valley in California. However, due to their negligence and language bar...
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Two months into a lease, the couple renting the home is separated and have starting the process to get a divorce. One of the tenants want me to reissue a lease without the other person. Both individuals have good payi...
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Hello,I am a new landlord and I'm not sure how to deal with this situation.I have renters who started their lease a couple months ago. According to their lease, they pay all utilities. They set up all their own accou...
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If you have a duplex that has one circuit breaker & one water heater, how are you splitting the utilities? I've heard of folks setting up the "budget" payments through their power and gas company so you pay the sa...
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Newbie here!So I’m not at the point yet to potentially buy and renovate with my own cash. I was thinking about purchasing the house with cash and then getting a rehab loan. Afterwards refinance and then pay back the r...
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Hi there!
I have a 3-unit property in Worcester, MA. We've recently finalized the court process of receiving the eviction execution letter by the judge, and are finally now able to legally evict the tenant.
The atto...
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A tenant along with 2 children became stuck in an elevator on our property. They used the phone in the elevator to contact the service. 911 was also dispatched. After the technician got the door open he saw that the e...
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Ok BP, so I wanna reach out to a few hard money lenders to have my money in place once I start getting properties. But want to make sure I was asking the right questions when vetting the HML. So far here are the quest...