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New landlord here! We acquired our first duplex in December with one tenant staying in place and the other one was evicted before we closed for multiple reasons. The side of the evicted tenant was pretty bad and the...
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I'm at the tail end of a remodel and I need my water turned on but the City of Baltimore is closed. I can't get water. I've called 311 to try to turn it on, left VM with Department of Public Works. I've escalated the...
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Just curious about everyone’s thoughts on Turnkey Real Estate Investing companies like Smart Invest in Birmingham, AL?Does anyone have any experience with them? It actually sounds too good to be true but before I rea...
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Hello,
I submitted a seller financing offer for 425K on a property and it was just accepted. I chose seller financing because i recently purchased a property as owner occupant and I must live there for a year and be...
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I really want to get involved in REI, but don't have enough money yet. From what I've read, I should at least have enough for a 20% down payment, so I'm saving up for that. But what can I do in the meantime? I'm se...
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I stumbled across https://www.biggerpockets.com/topics/220562 this post that had me intrigued, and more so, wanted to ask more questions without piggybacking off of someone else’s question. Someone commented about the...
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Miami, a short sale property listed three days ago.
I called on day one, no answer left voice message to call me back. Nothing.
Today I called again, asked if property is still available, said yes.
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While trying to buy my first investment property (175K), i am being told by mortgage brokers that I can't get a loan. The primary reasons being given are:
1. I don't have 2-yrs worth of self-employment hist...
When you say you can close quickly - what enables you to do that? Does that just mean you won't be requiring an appraisal, inspection, loan, etc. so you won't have to wait on that, or is it that you have some relatio...
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I've gotten behind in refreshing my vacancy. The flooring isn't in yet. What's there isn't terrible, but not what I'd offer a new tenant.
The weekend is coming and I'm tempted to start showing it, asking that they ha...