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I work with my local Community Youth Services program providing 2 apartments for them and I do seminars for kids at risk preparing to enter the rental market. One of the client counselors sent me this question this w...
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The place to start is where you know the market, code for: where you live. Don't try to go into new markets in the beginning, shop where you live and stay close to where you live until you start to learn the market. T...
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I have been investing in multifamily real estate for about 8 years and have built up a decently sized portfolio of rental units large enough that it is my full time gig. Every property we have ever purchased has been...
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Hi all,
I'm a new small-time landlord figuring out my process for screening tenants for an apartment in Chicago. It seems like most all popular screening services like Mysmartmove, Rentspree, etc use the Transunion "...
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Hi, I’m not sure if this is of any value to anyone, but I thought I'd share my process in my first marketing effort to purchase an investment home from owners that have not listed nor may have considered listing their...
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Hello BP,I have reviewed many potential apartment deals marketed by different sponsors. While all of them were unique, most of them had one thing in common: they were underwritten for 10% economic vacancy (or less!) s...
How can I market short term rental without acquiring any permit?
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Great community here, I have been lurking for a while and really learning alot. I was wondering if one of the more experience investers could help me out.
havn't invested in anything yet and am still in college. ...