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One of the things I always try to be conscientious to is herd mentality. Recognition of herd mentality and the pure luck of a well timed divorce kept me from investing in real estate in 2007 and waiting until 2008 wh...
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Long post warning....New landlord here, my first tenants (mom/daughter) moved in Oct 2018. Daughter is 63 and Mom is 85. Mom had just enough income to qualify for 3x rent and good credit. Daughter had bad credit and...
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Hi all,Is anyone incorporating sustainable or regenerative strategies in your business practices or into your projects? If so I'd love to keep a dialog going with like-minded folks. I'm an architect with a long stan...
Within the last month I purchased an older 12 unit apartment building. Many of the tenants have been there for over 20 years. The previous landlord was 87 years old and completely let it go. It is infested with roache...
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There's a duplex that I'm interested that looks like a candidate for seller financing. My realtor showed me the house. I stuck around and started talking to the tenants: They spoke of a older guy possibly looking to r...
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All - we just learnt from her mom that our tenant died yesterday. She lived at our property with her children. Wanted to understand what our responsibilities and next steps would be regarding 1. termination of lease 2...
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I'm looking at the different advantages of purchasing properties cash vs mortgage. Obviously I like the lack of risk with purchasing cash but I also like the leverage of purchasing with a mortgage. IE buying 5 50k pro...
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Welcome to my real estate journey! I am a single mom have a full time job as a plan builder for the health Insurance industry I was introduced to real estate investing by my dad who had asked me to help renovate his...
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My basement unit rehab is completed, and yesterday the long term tenant took possession. I realized that that means with the cash I have on hand now I could, (1) pay 2015 taxes, (2) pay off my 50 acres of off grid lan...
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My tenant’s shower was leaking into another apartment and needed to be completely gutted and rebuilt because of mold. She has been staying with her parents while the work is being completed She is requesting a c...