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Hi everyone,My husband and I are looking in the San Jose area to buy a multi-family home. We have a prospect that is asking $699,000 for a duplex. After looking at the open house we like that there is great potential....
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Hey BP! Well I just closed on my second deal and figured I would ramble about it here and hopefully have others enjoy the read. Just to give a background story. I am a NEWBIE INVESTOR in the Orlando, FL market, just ...
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Hello fellow Clevelanders!Do you know of a good place where I can buy granite or quartz slab that I can get cut and installed by my own people? I would love to find a store that sells either smaller pieces or leftover...
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Let me start by saying this will be my first purchase as an investor and it will be buy-and-hold. If there are details that I have left out, just ask and I will answer what I know.Purchase price: 89,500Down payment: 2...
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What is the avg price of a starter investor home? I've
heard someone say that you can purchase one for about
35K. Is this true? If so, the repairs must have been a lot of
money. A home for 35K could run repairs ...
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Every time i put a house under contract that is listed it never seems to be a good deal. Are all MLS listing excluding wholesalers? Buyers will say i saw this on MLS? do they only want off market properties?
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I've gotten 3 quotes for a new 3.5 ton HVAC system to replace my old one. One quote was $7400, one was $6500, and one was $3800. Clearly $3800 sounds like the best deal, but is this too low to be legit? Thanks!
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I had a blast writing my Diary of a New Construction Project thread, and the feedback I got from that was great. So, I've decided to try another one...this time tracking and discussing the ongoing saga of a renta...
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Ok, I am working on my first deal. I know the guy, for about 5 years now, a regular customer where I work at and he is also my Tech Advisor for my Surveillance Camera biz if anyone needs assistance right away. He h...
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Hello, I was really excited about the prospect of purchasing a STR (my goal was one in Breckenridge and one in Hilton Head) to be able to use a couple times a year personally and then use as a STR the rest of the year...