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As we close out the books on 2017 and look back I'm proud of how far we've come. It was a challenging year, and I enjoyed every minute of it. Hiring and managing people is a most difficult task and it should be done...
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Hi all,I am about to close on my first rental property investment. What are best recommendations/tips on how to allow contractors access to the house (before a tenant is in property and also when it is tenant occupie...
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Good evening everyone,
This is John Akhlaghi, from Jacksonville, Florida.
My uncle lives in McDonough, Georgia and is looking for a general contractor to assist him in renovating the fence and backyard to increase...
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Here's another one...... This flip ARV was $82,500 so we refinished the cabinets instead of replacing and tried our best to keep things inexpensive. I'm happy with how it came out but please share your thoughts. Thanks
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Found this article by Bill Gross of PIMCO. He shows an image of a series of concentric circles with the safest investments in the center and each circle going outward has more risk - according to the PIMCO investm...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $235,000
Cash invested: $32,000
This is a single family carport rancher in SW downtown Bentonville. Dated, but it i...
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My husband and I were out looking at investment properties all morning, as we are in the identification phase of a 1031. We looked at a very nice brick apartment building. It has a nice, aluminum-sided, 3-car garage ...
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Hello,I recently bought a condo in a 6 unit building. I am tasked with finding a landscaper for the building. We need someone to cut the lawn (not much lawn), plow and clear out some brush. We would also like a haan...
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I've been using vacuum cleaner hand-me-downs and I keep breaking them. I need a vacuum cleaner that will suck up all kinds of gunk including small drywall debris and drywall dust from carpet. Should I go cheapo beca...
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Am I alone in viewing late night tenant responses to ads negatively? I just got an email from Padmapper time stamped 4.24 am. As is often the case with these things there has not been a response to my reply with detai...