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Welcome to A Skeptical Dude’s Take on Real Estate: a frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another.
Coming at you live from Nashville, TN.
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Let’s start from the beginning. It’s a simple fact that most passive investors don’t have the time to put real estate deals together. The work involved in finding the right deal, negotiating the price and doing all th...
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This could be ugly for people who own STR's in Hawaii.https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/article/hawaii-short-term-rental-vacation-bill-19382321.php
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For those opposed to using bandit signs... is a deal through a wholesaler [who original found the deal using bandit signs] wrong?Based on the the advice of the BP podcast and blogs, I have decided not to use bandit si...
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I self manage my properties and this summer I am planning a month long vacation out of the country.I will be traveling to several countries, with a time difference of 4, 12, 14 hours from my home. For six days I woul...
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Hopefully someone could help me understand why some listings on sites such as Zillow do not have interior pictures. For example, just looked at a listing with an experienced agent. There are 18 exterior pics and 0 int...
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one of my biggst fears going into landlording is that i could encounter problems because of my age. im 18 although i really look a year or two younger. i am thinking that some tennants could be offended or resent th...
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Looking for ideas to solve this issue. I have a gas hot water heater that is indoors in a closet that is about 7yrs old. The pilot light has gone out twice in the last two weeks. It starts back up easily and acts n...
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A tenant wants to get their security deposit back from another landlord so they can pay the SD on the property I’m managing.
Have you had experience with this in the past, and how have you handled it?
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Hi all! My boyfriend and I are thinking about moving to Chattanooga to follow a job opportunity. I was wondering if anyone could shed some light into some good areas to live/where to avoid? My criteria would b...