Thinking of buying a 3br 2 bath single family home in multi family zone near our local college campus. Thinking it may be dIfficult to get 3 strangers to rent the 3 bedrooms together. Any thoughts on this appreciated.
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Hi everyone, I recently started a STR cohosting business in the greater Philadelphia area. I look forward to learning as I go, but I'd also love to hear your advice and common mistakes to avoid. I'm always open to new...
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Recently tried getting pre-approved for financing on a down payment for a multi family home. Rejection I ran into was a lack of work history (I need two years). Only other option of achieving financing through this me...
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Background: We own a few rental properties, some being right next to each other on one road. Our commercial property we rent back to ourselves is one of them in this strand, so we know the surrounding neighbors fair...
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Hello,My wife and I just moved to Boston, MA and we are looking to start investing in real estate soon. From what I have been told so far, it seems like it difficult for new investors with limited starting capital to ...
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Hello BP!I’m a newbie in CA and looking to jump into the Real Estate Investing game. I’m looking into investing into some Midwest States (Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Illionois and open to others), but does anyone deal wi...
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Okay so I have held that the more amenities you offer in a rental that can break easily, the more time/money a unit will cost you. I lump ceiling fans into this equation and I was planning on removing the outdated one...
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Hey everyone! Got a quick question on best practices for a deal I’m working on...My business partner and I are listing our first SFH flip next week, just closed on a quadplex, and have another 6 units under contract t...
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This is a debate that occurs often in the 50% rule.
Some argue that with owner paid utilities, your expense ratio could very well be much higher than the average 50% while others argue that the rental rate increase fo...
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In end of October 2019, I purchased a 4-plex for $175,000 in Cleveland but my appraisal came in for $245,000 at that time. 10 months later now, I want to do a cash out refinance but the appraiser this mortgage company...