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Hi, Fellow STR operators
I have a question on fraudulent payments from STR guests and wonder whether you all have a standard practice dealing with such situations:
We have some units in the rough part of the town an...
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Hello,Curious about how other investors, say 25 units or less, manage their bookkeeping needs. We have developed a pretty effective, but cumbersome excel process, but are now looking to really streamline things from a...
Hi everyone, I closed on a property last week, listed it for rent the day of closing, and am performing some minor changes before it is rented. Based on my understanding of @Brandon Hall BARRRR stategy, since the pro...
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As a forensic accountant and fraud examiner, I have dealt with numerous cases in which a land owner and general contractor face disputes with one another 1. Over the amounts of materials actually purchased and used fo...
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Utilities in my investment market are a giant pain. I call for revert-to-owner, they mess it up, the tenant turns off utilities and then it doesn't revert. Do management companies typically handle the utility companie...
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Hello fellow landlords,Looking for your guidance about how to facilitate and minimize any impact during a property management transition. - what documents should i ask from the current property manager (beyond: lease...
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I have just rehabbed a home in San Antonio, TX. I will be selling this home soon. It is now under contract. I did not use a GC for this rehab. I had my RE agent act as the project manager. The problem I have is that ...
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When should you pay a contractor? Should you pay them in increments, with a deposit in the beginning, again midway through the project and lastly once the project is complete? Or is there a better way to protect both ...
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Hi everyone I’m in the middle of my first flip. I locked up a single family home (roughly 2600 sq feet) with 5 beds and 3 baths for $454,000.The ARV for the area tells us we can probably sell the house for 685-700k on...
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Apologies in advance if this is the wrong area to post. I am pretty fed up with my contractor and would like some advice on what my available options are. I started the renovation/remodel of my four unit complex in Ap...