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I know there's a do not call list, but I don't have a means to filtering that out. I made one call today, and the guy asked for my name and address, which I stupidly provided because I was trying to be honest, I don't...
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Hey folks!We just released another awesome free tool (for everyone - Pro, Plus, and Free members!) to help you stay more organized as you build your real estate portfolio. It's called the Portfolio Tracker and we'd l...
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Hello, A few months ago, I purchased an eight-unit, two-story apartment building in a more blue collar part of Lubbock that has seen a number of tenants either vacate or get evicted, thus we are down to less than half...
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Hi again, BP! We are launching our first STR in Florida. I have listened to BP for 3 years so I am armed with the minutia of optimization of a rental business itself! However, to my naive surprise, the absolute very b...
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Hi all...Has anyone actually used the Tax Lien Vault company to purchase tax liens and if so, what was your experience? Last July I went to one of those house flipping seminar road shows here in San Antonio and while...
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One of my tenants wife called me and said they have some difficulties arranging full rent. Rent is $1500 however they could arrange only $700 due to some problems with bank freeze. (Two months back the check bounced a...
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My property manager charges 10% markup fee for all service calls. So a $250 plumbing call turns into a $275 call. Does that sound crazy or normal? I already pay them a management fee, you'd think that would be incl...
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This question is for private lenders/HML. If a buyer uses your POF to enter a contract and you then decide you are not going through with the deal...how does the borrower know that. With a typical bank you would get a...
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I purchase non-performing 1st position notes. Like most notes investors I am used to seeing a lot of odd things during due diligence that can make or break a profitable deal. While my goal is to attempt to work with t...
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So my current rental is doing great. I am looking to building a 300-400sqft additional dwelling unit in the backyard. I called the city already in regards to this an waiting for them to call me back. We are going to d...