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My day job is for a paper company. I'm a salaried manager and I've been working here for 33 years. A few years ago me and my wife started buying rental property so we could retire a few years earlier than we normally ...
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The story you are about to read has transpired over the past 6-8 months. There are areas in which I made mistakes and contractors made mistakes. This is completely factual, and, looking back on it, was a great learnin...
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I have said to myself that I would not rehab another house, just hire it out. I said I would just work ON the business and no longer in it...
Recently had to evict tenants on a house I was going to put on the market...
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I am a bit frustrated and hope this will be received well. This also may be somewhat lengthy as I just need to vent some. I have a 15 yr background in account management/outside sales. My husband (a Chiropractor) an...
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We are just starting out in our journey to buy rental properties. We have ran into numerous Real Estate Agents who just really do not care about doing business with us. Is this a common theme or are we doing somethi...
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My BP Landlord Community,
One of my tenants messaged me and told me that she won’t be able to pay her rent on the due date. She will need two weeks extension. She sounded very confident as she had done someth...
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BP,I am stoked to say I have closed my 10th property in last 7 months. I started looking on BP about a year ago. I was on a business trip to SD and had a lot of drive time. I must have listened to the podcast for 1...
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So I have a single family home and a trailer that I rent out and my wife and I are looking at purchasing a triplex or quad. How does the Cap Rate work and at what time does that become relevant? I always try to learn ...
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Long story short, we popped the top on a rancher, and rebuilt the home from the ground up. The GC hired a professional HVAC that he works with on all projects to install the HVAC. The day after settlement the buyers...
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Working on creating my policies for becoming a landlord in Chicago, IL before i buy my first building because of the highly ambitious goal of having 1000 rental units by the time I'm 40 (which will be in 13 years from...