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First Year Analysis

I am trying to rent out a house and was wondering if any other landlords make the tenant pay for water and sewer bill or should I the land lord pay that?

New investor here, I am curious who generally writes the contract for the contractor? Do contractors have a standard contract they use with their set terms? Is that something as an investor that you can write f...

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Imagine this:  A BiggerPockets Tee-Shirt!  How cool would that be?In response to requests from some of the members out there, BiggerPockets is contemplating offering some clothing, like t-shirts, polos, etc through ou...

Which heloc would you take. Wanting to set of a heloc on my primary residence before I move.

Adjustable rate is 7 year draw period, 25 year payback. 4.25%

Fixed rate is 5 year draw period. 15 year payback@ 4.75%

Saw a house that starts bidding tomorow, and placed a $20,000 bid. I didn't  know what a "proxy "bid is, and now I think I read that auction .com will do incremental bids for me at 20,000 a shot. Is my understanding o...

OK My husband and I , well mainly him , want to start flipping houses. He thinks it's a get rich quick thing, I am more realistic. But I will say it sounds like something I could do. 1. How to get started. Do I take c...

So I've wanted rental property for the past 12 years. I am setting myself up financially to be able to afford 2 mortgages without tenants in the near future. (My own house mortgage and a potential rental) I like the i...

So the sewer bill only comes as ONE bill. They will not split it, and it would be on me to handle it with the tenant if I choose to make them pay for their half.

How can I go about this? I'm in Columbia, SC Richland...