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My wife and I are purchasing our first home. We have 130k in savings combined. She find a town house she loves which is new construction in a great area for 256k. My plan would be to live in the house for a couple yea...
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Hello all!I recently decided to leave the east coast, where I lived in NYC and Philadelphia for about 20 years. I decided to add to that change by leaving my career to focusing on Real Estate. I got my license as an a...
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Changing out a light in my duplex and...does anyone know when this became illegal? I know my place was built circa 1923-1927 and remodeled in 1945. I don't think this cheap aluminum and plastic fixture is seventy-plus...
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For those of you operating in Sevier County, a few days ago, the Sevier County Board of Commissioners passed a new updated solid waste plan. First of all the problem as I understand it - some convenience centers are ...
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I purchased a piece of property in a country setting, with a long-standing tenant. I also bought the neighboring properties, and have a new tenant in one. I am trying to fix the place up and get it nice for the other ...
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TENANTS FROM HELL #11Car Fire From Hell.Running one of the largest rental portfolios in the Cleveland, Ohio area I have managed 1,000's of properties & dealt with countless tenants. In short, I have seen it all. F...
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I am from Seattle are and just got my first rental on market. Here on, I am looking to build a solid buy and hold rental portfolio.I was thinking of buying a SFH in 100k range in Tacoma area. Tacoma has some of the lo...
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We have 5 properties in the mountains, upstate NY that we rent by the night and week, year round. We live 4 hours from these properties. We are FINALLY ready to hire someone to Caretake them all - we're not calling it...
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This is probably a very commonly asked question, "Show I rent out my house?". In 4 years I am planning on upgrading to a bigger house. I have a solid 3/2 house in a town with 2 colleges.
I am thinking about using a...
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Hey folks!Newby to the Real Estate investing scene here, and I'm very interested in owning rental properties. I plan to start out small - looking to purchase my first "small" rental in the amount of about $150K or les...