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Hello Everyone. I'm in the process of closing on a 4 unit building in CA in which I will live in one of the units. I will be raising rents about 8% since the current owner hasn't raised rents in a long time. Even if I...
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I inherited a 60 unit multi family apartment complex from my uncle.. the apartments are located in Maryland.. we hired someone to manage them and they were stealing us blind.. I fired them and quit my job ( i owned a ...
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Hello, I’m new to real estate investing and was hoping some of you would share your thoughts on why it is better to invest in real estate over the stock market. So far, I’ve only invested in stocks and the idea of inv...
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After watching a YouTube video from Ken McElroy stating 2020 is a wash, 2021 is the time to save up, and 2022 is likely the time to buy (when properties shift from motivated sellers to foreclosures to REO) I decided t...
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We just purchased a 78 unit property in the DFW area that had horrible management, tons of deferred maintenance, and 25 vacant units..... hope I don't regret it! Thought it might be interesting to those looking at mu...
I'm working on a rehab for rental and pulled up the flooring (vinyl floor and carpet) and noted there was a ton of moisture (wet) in the existing wood floor. The house when I bought had been vacant with utilities shu...
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If you had some spare $ and wanted to invest for mid- to long-term outside of your RE Investments, what would you do?
Thanks
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In 2010 I had the rose colored glasses knocked off my face hard and I am trying to understand why and how there is such Happy Talk right now about the economy. I am trying to figure out if it is my pessimism based in...
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Just finished a 3/2 2,300 sq/ft house in town. I'm embarrassed to say that it took me 3 months and 6 days to get this house ready, but life has been busy and the flip has been on the back burner.
Luckily the PO had ...