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Hi, I am a newbie investor based in CA looking to purchase my first investment property in Salt Lake City area. I have been working with an agent and recently found a property that I felt good about purchasing after r...
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I am looking at doing my first remote deal. I am considering BRRR as well as just purchasing a turn key property that cash flows. Any recommendations on how to proceed? If I go with the BRRR strategy would love to he...
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I'm a relative newcomer to RE investment (2 years, 2 properties in Indianapolis) and this was my first tenant turnover. When the contractor went to make his final inspection of the turnover repairs (nothing major ~$2...
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So I was offered a new western deal .. and before anyone says anything. I have read all the reviews about new western so I am aware that I should have avoided them but they made it really easy for me to understand eve...
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Hi--my name is James Tsuffis. I have no background in real estate investing beyond a few books I skimmed but am very eager to learn. I'm from San Jose, California but moved to Southern California for school. Graduated...
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Hi,I'm looking for advice on a proper procedure to cancel showing if I caught a potential applicant lying. I pre-screened the caller over the phone but after checking her FB I found out she lied about pets and smoking...
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I'm tired of changing out my keys or rekeying. I'm considering going keyless and changing all my deadbolts (each one is roughly $55). A concern would be that the batteries would be dead forcing my tenants to be loc...
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I spoke to my lawyer last week and he suggested using a RELEASE contract at the end of and Lease Option deals. The release would be signed buy everyone involved in order to make sure the lease option tenet was clear ...
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I have a tenant for my first rental property. We are still screening her, but it should be fine and I expect to have the lease signed soon.
During the showing, my future tenant asked to have a security system insta...
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Short Term Rental Pros…Since November of 2018, we transitioned two of our properties to Airbnb furnished short term rentals. It’s been quite a learning curve, but we’ve been able to reach Superhost status and have gre...