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Hey there Chicago BP!! My husband and I are investors in Indiana and are currently renting in Chicago (new to the city). We are ready to start out second house hack and were wondering if you have any ideas on good aff...
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I have a tenant whom deducted some money from this months rent for the purchase of salt and sand. She included the receipt of a local store but sent me NO previous notification. The law here for this type of stuff g...
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Hi Everybody,Just this weekend I went and viewed 6 properties. 2 Properties were desirable as investment purchases, but we had set our focus onto one property in particular.It's currently listed for $389.9K in a neigh...
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I am currently renting in Montgomery County, MD and my lease is due to expire at the end of the month. I have been a tenant since 2009 and my landlord has held the same deposit for 3 different lease terms. As we have ...
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Hello everyone. I am a new member to the park it's a definite not a newbie to real estate investing. I start investing in real estate in 2007. I've been holding onto two bedroom two bath condo in the beach away. I als...
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Hello I'm new here and wanted to introduce myself. I'm 46 yom married with two kids. I live in Las Vegas and work for the city. I am working on my retirement plan which I would like to put into motion in 6 years. My g...
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Hello, My name is Stanford Taylor Jr. I am a recent graduate of Middle Tennessee State University with a B.S. Looking to get my feet wet in wholesale real estate while I continue education to become an Occupational Th...
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Although this forum is primarily about real estate crowdfunding, there's been plenty of discussion about other kinds of crowdfunding sites (like YieldStreet and LexShares), as well as frequent interest in which ones o...
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Hey everyone! So I bought a condo in a retirement community to flip. Was supposed to be super easy. Well, we bought it too high and we're going to lose money on it. It's a fabulous flip, looks great! Been on the marke...
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I have heard arguments going both ways...
Pros:
You will save money
You will learn more
Cons:
You are entering the contracting business and not the investment business
You are tying up your time that you could b...