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Hi BP,
I have found several houses in my target area that are vacant and seem abandoned. I have used my local tax assessor website to get names but most have the actual property as their address. I have used ...
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Greetings- I am looking for advice or a recommendation concerning the very high cost to upgrade water service in Chicago. Inspectors are aggressively insisting on upgraded service in many cases where it is not needed....
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Ok, lets get the "it depends on your state/local municipality" out of the way. I am looking for a more general quesiton of what is a reasonable hourly rate (or per job) to charge for DIY repairs. For example, if a t...
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Hi Everyone,I am new-ish to bigger pockets but this is my first post. have been doing some high level market research and Columbus Ohio stood out. I was drawn in by it’s population growth with potential to keep growi...
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Hi everyone!I'm considering buying my first rental property in Lubbock, Texas as a mid or long term rental. I did some research and saw that there is a lot of economic growth and the housing market seems reasonable f...
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I have just purchased an investment property in Cleveland and just transferred Water/Sewage into my LLC name...Asking the water company what the average monthly usage is, i'm in sticker shock! Obviously past and curre...
I have a potential tenant with a score just under 600. This is much lower than I usually find acceptable. The reason given for that score is that this person owns a rental property with someone else and the property i...
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Hi all!My tenant put up a satellite dish on the roof without my permission just DAYS after I had just put up a new roof on the property. Of course this had to be bolted into the roof so when he leaves and takes the...
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Current Situation - Trying to tax plan for 2020 tax year- househacking with SO and 3 other roommates, and planning to claim active participation and claim a deductible passive loss- Deductible expenses are based off f...
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Good morning BP Family! I hope everybody has had an amazing week and is looking forward to an even better weekend! I'm still on the hunt for a new acquisition and am looking for SFRs or multi units in the Indy area (b...