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Hi all,I'm new here. I'm technically not a landlord yet, but I made an offer on a duplex and it was accepted today. I'm having it inspected this Wednesday. I plan to live there with my two sons and rent out half. I'm ...
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I'm very new to real estate investing, however, not new to psychology. I grew up in a family that puts a lot of value in material possession. It does the good of giving a goal to aim at. when we have a goal we will do...
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Served the 7 day, no response. Tenant Failed to show up to court, default judgement was entered. Had to wait another 10 days, then court put 24 hour eviction notice on door. She has 24 hours before sheriff arranges "s...
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I was cleaning out the basement of one of our rentals...
I saw something stuck in a corner behind a bolted on rack of shelves. I couldn't quite get to it and had to unbolt the whole unit from the wall. Worth it.
Unc...
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Attention!!!!
Landlords / rental property owners in affected areas of the Covid19 pandemic
The SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) are available for rental property owners if your state has already made th...
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After posting about Airbnb arbitrage for a bit I've noticed the same objections again and again about start up costs. In this post I'll explain some of the was one can decrease the start up costs associated with an Ai...