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I am just starting my search for my first tenants of my second rental property. My first property has been rented by family and has been a breeze. I am now moving onto a property that family won’t be living in. The to...
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One of my concerns with buying a rental property is not finding tenants (or worse, finding bad tenants). Is this a real concern? How do you mitigate it?Where do you get the money to pay for the mortgage for those mont...
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I feel like I have seen many questions about self-managing properties vs. hiring a management company. Here is a little something we have realized after ten years of REI. When we started out we wanted to maximize our ...
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Is this just me ,over-thinking things, or is this going to be creepy to future potential tenants? I'm renting one side of a duplex and the other side is occupied by a very nice man, who's now dying of cancer. The c...
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There are some properties I am interested in that are older and they most likely have asbestos. I am risk averse and if I were to purchase, I would tear down to the studs and do a full rehab {this would include getti...
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so my loan officer sent me a text saying that my loan was escalated to a higher underwriter and was to be reviewed as new. What does that mean? Thanks.
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Greetings BP’ers! Over the last few years I’ve done some “career hacking” to find a better work/life balance for myself. Well I’ve achieved that goal after 7 years! I’ve gotten things to where I can work from anywhe...
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I am just your above average 21 year old looking to secure financial freedom early. Growing up my biggest fear was always sitting behind a desk in a cubicle day in and day out hoping one day I might get the chance to ...
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Hello All!My Name is Joseph Murray and I have taken the first leap into real estate. After diligently keeping track of the market I finally landed myself a 4 plex after 5 months of searching and currently working on a...
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I met a pair of friends this week who had an interesting arrangement that worked for them, and I'm curious if anyone else has contemplated this or come across it. Friend A was older, wealthier, and wanted a vacation h...