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This host has a healthy balance of what she requires guests to do during their stay or at checkout. What do you require?
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Hi all! I’m a 24 year old aerospace engineer and flight instructor in the Seattle area.I’m originally from Rhode Island, went to college at Purdue in Indiana, and have been working in Seattle full-time since 2012.I r...
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My wife and I own a house and land worth about 1 million, free and clear. We are in a hot market in the Austin area. We have previously flipped homes and owned a few rentals prior to the housing crash. I decided to ge...
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Anyone else get frustrated by those HGTV shows that make it look so easy to flip a home? Flipping a home is a business and like any other - it requires knowledge and planning to actually be successful. I can't tell yo...
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I realize these have been beaten to death on this forum so I'm not here to bring this debat back to life but do have a question.
I don't think it's possible to follow the 50% rule if you don't buy a property that isn...
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Hello all. Newbie here.
I have a question regarding approaching family members about private money. I am originally from California, but looking to do business in Philadelphia. Well I am going back to California ver...
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It's not often you get a deal like the one that I got. It started back in 2004 when my building decided to go condo. I never bought anything in my life but I figured this was one thing or opportunity that I would not ...
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I have in mind of paying one of my properties off in the next few months. The advantage the way I see it is once I pay off the property it will free up my borrowing power a bit more so it will not be such a challenge ...
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Honest question, why lockup your money in real estate when over the past decade crypto (bitcoin) has better returns and you can now earn passive income and are much more liquid than buying a home? I am moving more an...
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What would you choose - a 20% cash on cash return in a decent neighborhood or 35% cash on cash return in not the best neighborhood? Everything else being equal.
If you could also explain why you would choose one over...