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I've been making offers on short sale properties for two months now. Yesterday I got an acceptance.
I don't have any real estate trainings, all I know is what I have learned from my father who retired at 45 after do...
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Hello. I started my post from https://www.biggerpockets.com/... about Investing in Austin area in SFH. But my main goal being cash-flow right now, I was suggested that I look in to San Antonio for Multi family housin...
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My wife and I recently moved to Lynchburg, VA for work and will be living here for approximately a year and a half. Our work is expected to be completed by early 2026, after which we plan to move back to our hometown....
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Just got my first deal. Now we are ready to renovate. Is it customary to pay contractors anything up front? Most bids came in asking for 50% up front and 50% upon completion.
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I am sure this is not a unique situation so I am curious to hear what others have to say about their experience and what they are doing. I live in the Cleveland market which is known to be a strong cash-flow market b...
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My Husband and I live in California which is an extremely overpriced market. We'd like to invest in single family homes and possibly multi-family units. We are just starting out and want to do our due diligence in res...
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Possibly the only thing that I have ever heard Grant Cardone say that I fully agree with is that when you start a business, you had better forget about working 9 to 5 and commit to working 95 hours a week.
Those 95 h...
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Hey guys,I have a tenant I had to replace a toilet for at the beginning of the month due to their child flushing a number of toys down the toilet. I paid the plumber directly with the understanding the tenant would b...
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Does anyone use Stessa for collection of monthly rental income? What program do you use for rent collection? (automatic late fee generated program)
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Ok so I just bought an extended stay motel in Michigan......and I live in Utah.How it happened: I was under contract on a single level 9 plex in a small industrial town in Michigan, I flew out for the inspection and w...