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I know it sucks but there's really nobody to pin it on. Unfortunately, current market conditions are the result of false stimulation of the economy through lowering rates. Why is lowering rates so important? Becaus...
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Hey BP,
I had a mobile welder come out and work on a staircase. They cut the steel handrail off and apparently left it near the staircase at the back of the property. They recently went back and called me to tell me ...
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Where's a good area in philly to buy a duplex under 125k?
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I am fairly new to land-lording and this is the first time this issue has come up. In June I had two rental properties that had water leaks causing a high bill at one property ($217.00) and an extremely high bill (ove...
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We own a SFH long-term rental. We self-manage. We have good tenants in there entering year 2 of a 2 year lease. One of the tenants hung a picture on a wall, puncturing a water pipe. There was a leak and about $10k in ...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment in Mcallen.
Purchase price: $80,000
Cash invested: $40,000
Sale price: $104,000
Had it under contract to sale at 165K and it cau...
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Hi Everyone! I’m looking to purchase an investment property in Memphis and want to make sure I’m properly insured. When discussing insurance with a local agent, they were adamant that I should consider earthquake in...
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I had a coach challenge me to dig out my 2020 goals and review them. I had 5 goals for the year. I crushed 2 of them:
- add 20 units to portfolio (partnered up and have 73 closed or pending) - build standalone real e...
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Is there any reason not to pull all the necessary permits as soon as you take ownership? I'm working on my first rehab and the contractor advised to pull permits as we got close to the work requiring permits rather th...
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i have a potential applicant that told me during the initial phone call, when asked about rental history, that she is breaking her current lease because her current landlord won't do adequate repairs after a waterlin...