After 6 months waiting, I finally closed on my first 9 unit MF deal this morning!!!!
And, my general contractor quit earlier this week because he has other jobs that keep getting bigger (and he probably got t...
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** Keep in mind while reading this that the LA market is crazy. The 2%, 50% and most other rules don’t apply. :-) **Six years ago my husband and I bought our first property - a run down duplex in a transitioning part...
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Hello,
More SDIRA questions - I am putting them under separate heading to hopefully make them more useful to others too.
I understand that I can not 'do the work on the property to make a profit'. As might be the cas...
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Dear Pocketers,
How do you harden / bullet-proof your rentals?
While I've never had anyone utterly trash a rental of mine, I've seen the damage they can do first hand (typically when buying the rental and seeing ...
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Hey gang, I'm looking for some feedback from investors who have gone the live-in flip route. I'm in the market to buy out in the Colorado Springs area, and figure if I'm going to buy, I'd rather buy something I can f...
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$2.5 Million dollar spec house in Berkeley Lake GAThis house is fairly near where I live and I've driven and walked by it multiple times. I thought someone was a little bit insane to be putting up an expensive spec h...
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Hello BP community,
I have an amazing contractor (with a crew) who completely remodeled my home. He's professional, fast, reasonably priced and most importantly, trustworthy. However, he is unlicensed.
I want to u...
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I think from reading MikeOH's blog that he seems to most of his own maint. I don't have that many houses but I do all my own work,several major remodels done and working on one now. I have read some posts that your a...