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Hi,Listening to some of the podcasts and reading the blog, I keep feeling this inner red flag that keeps popping up in me. I get the feeling that a lot of folks are advocating being over leveraged and taking on an un...
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I just joined Bigger Pockets. I'm a buy and hold landlord with 6 properties in a middle class area of Atlanta. All are rented and rents are all $500 above PITI. So, though there's been some repairs, for the most part ...
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Welcome to our question of the week! Based on last week's responses, we have a lot of lurkers that have not purchased their first property. Buying the first, or even second and third can feel pretty nerve wracking. So...
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I recently heard a remarkable story of a wholesaler claiming they picked up a house for 32,000 and then turned around and flipped it to a contractor for 54,000 within a span of 10 days.
The story is true; which leads...
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This is a story with drama, drama I did not want. And I can't say what kind of ending it has as this rental property is still on the market and has not caught a renter. But (I know I should stop starting sentences wit...
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First off, I'm new to the BP community and I just wanted to say and give a slight intro about myself. My wife and I have been landlords for 16 years and now have three properties simply because we just converted our ...
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We have an investment property that we bought in 2004. We had an adjustable rate mortgage, so we refinanced in 2006 to a fixed rate, because we were to afraid of what the rate would be if we waited longer. We have a f...
I have a tenant that his moving out of a rental this week and asked my property manager when they will start showing... they just informed me that they won't show the unit while the corona virus issue is going on. I o...
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Can you put the real estate taxes on your schedule A while the property is undergoing renovations, before the property is placed in-service? I was under the impression that you cannot, that they must be added to the ...
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Greetings. I have a single family home that I want to rent. Using a PM to manage the property isnt preferred (because I'll only break even, literally). My plan was to just use a PM to find a tenant (and they'll tak...