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Hi Everyone,
I recently purchased a 4bed-2.5bath pool home close to the beach on Florida's Gulf Coast.
The current decision I'm working on is should I paint the interior of the house. It is currently a bunch of var...
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This is my first post. I just bought my first property and it needs a bit of paint before we can put her on the rental market. I've always applied paint the old fashioned way - with a rolller and brush. But I'm thi...
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I'm working on building mine with the hopes of eventually dumping my current property manager and curious to hear from others:
1. Did you use traditional marketplaces like yelp, thumbtack, angi?
2. Is it common to p...
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I met with a broker last night who buys wholsale homes. We sat down and he mentioned lease option is a great way to start my investing career. He said i could pay rent per month for a year and fix the house up while ...
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Hi, I've read a ton on this site about buy and holds and how you can't just rely on the numbers or the 2% rule and so on.At this point, I have analysis paralysis on this subject. Just what is a good deal? I've heard:-...
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I got a call from my contractor today. After three coats, the ceiling paint isn't sticking and they need money for kilz, new paint as well as for labor to repaint. I have no problem paying for the kilz and paint (alth...
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I’m new to the biggerpockets community and hope to make great friends here.
I see a lot of posts regarding using interior designers for staging purposes but not about material selection.
How often do investors use ...
Okay so lots of people have been giving me a ton of advice, and I have been reading like crazy lately on real estate. A big thanks to everyone on this forum. I was looking at half duplexes and single family homes, I n...
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I have tenants moving out this week. I've been in and out of the unit over the last couple of weeks and noticed that there is an area of the vinyl flooring that is bubbling, presumably due to water (the spot is in th...
Who pays for unexpected costs that arise for a contracted job? The contractor estimated a job, performed the work, then came back with additional charges to cover more work that was performed and/or materials.Do you h...