Hi! My husband and I are looking to start real estate investing soon. We have been listening to the Bigger Pockets podcast and completed the first day of a real estate seminar today. We would love to connect with rea...
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Hello Real Estate Family,Hope you are doing well in the midst of all of the COVID craziness. The purpose of this post is to receive guidance on how my wife and I can begin in our investment journey. We live in Houston...
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Is there a penalty for moving out and renting your property in a short time frame? Let's say I purchase a duplex using an FHA. I tell them I am going to live in one side and rent out the other. Then a week after closi...
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We decided to add an addition, master bedroom/bath, to our rental house. It did not go as planned and need advice on how to report expenses with no current rental income on my tax return. The rental house was shut do...
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Hi! We're thing about requiring that tenants buy renter's insurance in order to rent one of the 300 homes that we own. Does anyone know of a good insurance carrier that we could recommend to tenants? I'm specifical...
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Hey everyone! I am a Philly based Digital marketer/ Sales Automation specialist. a little about myself:
> Based in Philly> Specialize in Digital Marketing/ Automated Prospecting> I run an Airbnb Management ...
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Hi,I’m looking at my first Multifamily deal in Milwaukee area. Could anyone be willing to share some local resources into managing this painlessly? Looking for recommendations for maintenance personnel and basically h...
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Hey Everyone,
First off thank you for creating a warm, friendly, informational public forum!
New member from Denver with no actual real life experience. Have spent the last 2 years reading a lot of mat...
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I put in the wrong service date off by 1 year for placed in service for one of my properties. The depreciated value was off by 37 dollars. This was on the federal form and I can fix this on the state form , but woudl...
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I am wondering what are some of the most efficient ways that property managers manage their vendors and general maintenance? Are there any pieces of software that put some of the general property upkeep on a kind of ...