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I am a Realtor but my bread and butter is shifting more and more to investing,of the past 3 years. I have been able to raise quite a lot of money because of my credibility earned as an agent and just always being an h...
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Hi BP Community! We've owned our STR in Gatlinburg for over 4 years now and have been paying for DirecTV the whole time. We also have a Roku with all the normal streaming apps and gig speed internet. As of late, I fee...
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I'm 3 years into flipping and investing and loving every minute of how this business can stretch (and stress) you! I've had the blessing (and more recently a curse) of using GCs to do almost all rehab on my investmen...
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Looking at the upkeep, cost to have someone mow, and maintenance on real grass. Long term is it worth just installing fake grass? Seems like I see a lot of houses with fake grass in the backyard down in Florida on AIR...
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The house I am looking at does not have the meter hooked up to the box it is gone. and the 2 wires going to the box have been cut (not stolen or anything just cut). Is this a bad sign or is this normal?
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So...then rehab that I have in progress does not have a water pipe running into the house. I have to excavate the sidewalk in order to run a new pipe. Are any of you familiar with this process and the cost it entails?
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I'm a recent lurker, first time poster. I purchased my first investment property back in September...an 8-unit building. The previous owner was a bit laxed in his management style. He did not regularly increase ren...
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Those who have dealt with this type of a problem I would LOVE to hear what I can expect in repairs!I picked up a mobile home and after pipes froze and thawed some of the pipes burst. So far, I've located a leak at the...
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Has anyone done this? Yesterday my HWH in my own home sprung a leak, causing a minor flood. Thankfully we had a leak alarm next to it. We will be putting a drain pan in with the replacement, but I would like to do som...
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Hi all,
So I am in contract with a property that is a flipped property and was built in 1917. The home and pest inspection were done on Wednesday, and Friday the plumbing inspection was done. Only problem is that onl...