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When buying property as part of my due diligence I always submit a FOIA request to the government agency that has jurisdiction (city, county, etc). The information is accurate for the most part and free. Majority of...
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Hi ,I have 4 properties. Each property is under one LLC (Sorry I have to keep it under each LLC). I am the owner/Landlord/Property Manager. As I grow my portfolios, its getting tedious on accounting since quickbooks r...
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We recently launched our short-term rental on Airbnb here in South Denver. Because I had recently had a family party at the house, I had some surplus sodas and other little snacks leftover. We decided to stock the min...
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In Contra Costa County, CA. There's a long story I won't go into here, but I want to set up a payment plan with an ex-tenant in lieu of going to small claims. If anyone's done this, please respond - how did you g...
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Since I have recieved some great advice on the bp already I thought I would try to help others in some small way. I noticed a large number of questions about contractors, construction, and pricing.
Being a contract...
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My contractor is asking for payment via wire transfer. Is this common practice for investors? I don't have an issue paying the fee on the larger draws to make sure he gets paid faster (I'm an hour away and sometimes t...
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Is there any occasion you regretted not hiring professionals for a specific task/service? Such as plumbers, property managers, agents...
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On occasion we @Kevin Kovalsky may want to reconfigure the layout of one of our apartment units. Can anyone recommend some software (free or inexpensive) that would work well for this? Thank you!
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Hi everyone... Im relatively new in Sarasota, FL and hoping there's a real estate group here that meets on occasion (or would like to) to explore RE related investment prospects, etc. ...coffee, wine, cigars, etc.? ...
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I've tried multiple times on different occasions to upload a list of leads into the BP lead management tool. It keeps failing. Is there anyone else out there who has had some success? Thanks for any input!Kevin