Hello everyone. My name is Erick. I live south of Detroit and I’m ready to start my adventure in real estate investing. I purchased my first home 17 years ago and lost my butt on it. So I’m hoping to sell it soon and ...
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What course of action can I take to get my money back from a contractor? He was given money to purchase equipment for a job on a rental house, but fail to install the equipment. He does not answer my emails, text and...
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Hi, just reaching out to local Canton OH (or area invertors). I can do the obligatory search in Home Advisor or the like... but was wondering if any local investors had any recommendations, or first hand experience, ...
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In Virginia, the maximum deposit a landlord can take is two month rent. I have a lady recently went through a messy divorce with bad credit who is interested in my property. She told me upfront that she has bad credit...
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What are the pros and cons of landlording as an LLC?
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I have exceed my salary and rental income combined. .............. We are officially making more money than when I was working a "butt job"When I left my job April 1st, 2016, our rentals made $1,877.86 a month. 8 week...
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My tenant has only paid half of the rent. Per my lease rent is due on the 1st, late on the 6th. They pay by direct bank transfer. I'm pretty sure I can proceed with sending a pay or quit notice and assess the late fee...
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So I've been mulling over a couple of things:
1. Earthquake insurance
My initial thoughts are is that it's an unnecessary (perhaps) and expensive (definitely) item. Should an earthquake hit that is big enough to l...
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I went to a Mentor Investor Club meeting where they where claiming to help me grow as an investor. Their proposal was that I look for properties that they could Buy and Flip and they would pay me a 10% commission on t...