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Hello Everyone, I am new to this forum, but not to the business. I live in Raleigh, North Carolina with my family. My hopes are to expand my business through this forum. I do drywall, floors, paint, tile, plumbing, an...
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I recently completed driving for dollars in 3 new areas of our greater Twin Cities metro that I will begin marketing to. These are desirable areas where you would actually want to buy a house to flip or hold as rental...
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I'm working a full time job and am beginning the process of doing my first live in fix and flip. Is conventional financing my best option? And does a 203k loan require me to hire a licensed general contractor? I plan ...
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My husband and I talked to our banker about buying a duplex, we would be living there and renting the top floor. We were looking at properties that were around $60,000 the broker said we should get an FHA loan and loo...
I’m about to go into contract with a 3 family home that owner failed to register and get a green card. The owner is giving me a 2500 credit to cover registration and anything to get it up to code. Should I go through?
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Have been doing research and I know actual rent here is higher than the average data that is showing. Have a 5 bedroom house, plus huge bonus room that can be 6th bedroom, with 4 car garage and 3000 sq ft home. We jus...
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My wife and moved out of our primary residence a little over a year ago. We got it rent ready (new carpet, paint, replaced the last of the white appliances with stainless, LVP downstairs...). After our first tenants...
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My wife and I just closed on our first investment property, which we will be house hacking a dupelx for the next couple of months. The goal is to live in one unit (3bd/1bth) and make updates while living in, and at th...
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Hello Ohio investors,
I was inspired by this article to improve my approach to underwriting CapEx costs for buy and hold rental investments. Up till now, I've been using a flat 0.75% of property value, but I worry th...
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I just finished rehabbing a small house in Columbus, Ohio. The home was built in 1930, and, like many homes built during this time, has ductwork in the basement that has the old asbestos wrap on some of the 6 inch du...