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Hello all,I hope everyone is doing well.Many times, when I hear investors talk about their buying process and how they analyze deals, I never hear of anyone talk about their home inspecting process. So, my question is...
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Is anyone surprised? I'm surprised that they've only found 1% are fraudulent so far. I suspect over 50% of all assistance applications are unnecessary and/or fraudulent. Such a waste of tax-payer money.https://wgme.co...
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Of all the coastal States (Cali, Florida, Oregon) I've lived and invested in, by far the lowest carrying costs are in the latter.
On average property insurance costs alone have risen around 25% since 2020, depending...
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Theres goes the neighborhood! or should I say, THIS neighborhood as Mister Roger's song has somehow mysteriously changed?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMUGJZrR9JgRecently closed on a house and follow up visited af...
So as I have sat in the classrooms and had different brokers come in and pitch our class on their brokerages I hear the same answers. "Circle of Influence," "What the split will be?" "Desk Fees," What support they off...
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I love waking up to find money dumped into my account. And I love having all my tenants (except a few I inherited) on autopay. As a landlord, it makes life much easier just having the money automatically show up in m...
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So I am looking at this house that an older couple owns. They have very old taste so the house needs some cosmetic work, but it is so old that the electrical stuff is out of code. The contractor said the house will ne...
I thought Newsom was against Prop 10 (repeal of Costa Hawkins) which would’ve led to much more stricter forms of rent control in many cities.Not looking to make this political, but I feel like this is a major flip flo...
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My current property comps are 1000/mo, but I'm wondering if I spend a little more to make the apartment nicer would it be worth the investment? The unit is a condo that used to be an apartment rented by an apartment c...
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Hey investors, I'm the new Market Intelligence Analyst here at BiggerPockets, and I'm developing a way to predict the future "path of progress" for a given market. Since I was born and raised in Phoenix, I figured I'd...