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Hello, I'm lucky enough that a foreign diplomat is interested in a 4-year lease on my house in Chicago. It's the incoming Consul General for the country's Consulate General in Chicago and his family.A foreign nationa...
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Hello everyone.I am semi-new to the REI field, and have joined this site to get serious and started on an REI business.I am an accidental landlord from a house we could not sell during the real estate downturn after m...
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Hello BP members,What you are guys using to project potential rent of a property when analyzing a deal?So far i have rentometer and checking with local property managers.
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I'm fed up with Capital One. They've literally taken hours of my time, every time, to open security accounts, and then screw them up most of the time due to poor training. Then I found out they have a system for bigge...
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I'm located in Cary, IL which is a suburb roughly an hour NW of Chicago. The multi-family inventory is pretty low out here and I'm considering doing deals in Chicago, and various suburbs to broaden my scope.For those...
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I'm curious as to how other people here on BiggerPockets tie rewards into their investment process. For example, I'm a car guy and could spend way too much money if I don't keep myself in check. Assets before liabilit...
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This topic is the one that I am *most* uncomfortable about, among all the things involved in renting a house - The up-front fees for submitting an application.
Okay, we want the applicant to to pay us for running th...
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Anyone have some good websites to use for backlinks for your main site? Obviously right here on BP is great, but what are some other real estate sites for backlinks?
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Is it normal for a wholesaler to ask for an EMD before sharing a property address?All the information I got from the wholesaler about the properties was: 3/1, 756 sqft, fully renovated, full finished basement, mana...
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Hello BiggerPocket Community,
My name is Irving Vizcaino. I am new to Bigger Pockets community. I have been listening to the Bigger Pockets podcast for a couple years now. I have an analytical mindset and enjoy getti...