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Hello,
Recently I found some contractors on Thumbtack and asked them for a quote. I had about 8-9 different contractors visit my home to give me a quote. One of the contractors clearly took advantage of me not knowin...
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Where I'm from is a bit of a complex answer, so instead I'll just say that my (stationary) friends and family are on the middle western side of Florida between Holiday and Sarasota. Most of them are in Pinellas or Hil...
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I am a 26 year old software engineer in Miami, Florida, looking to make his first deal in real estate happen. I love the BRRRR idea, but cant seem to make the jump. I've been looking for deals for about 2 months now. ...
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I’ll try to make this short....44yro married with 3 kids, good paying job, very conservative Primary residence in Southern California. Owe 480k, property worth 1.5mil. Locked in at 2.65 for 30 years.Rental Southern C...
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Hello All!My wife and I are considering moving to downtown. She works there and I'm an agent so I can work anywhere. My thought is DTLA prices are suppressed thanks to COVID, however I believe there will be a bounce...
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I graduated from college in May and I moved to Chicago shortly afterwards to start my job. I have constantly been looking for deals in Chicago but it is very difficult to find cash flow in areas that I would want to b...
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So I was considering selling my duplex. I got with an agent and she referred me to an appraiser. I gave the appraiser my PM info and he was to schedule a time and day to go out and look at the duplex. He calls me on t...
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For those of you with strong personal habits or schedules how did you discipline yourself? I have a lot of plans for myself which include: full-time real estate, entrepreneurship, etc, but I think working on myself sh...
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Hi, I'm interesting in putting the pieces in place to make a career change, starting out following the BRRRR strategy. I live in Irving Park and would like for my first property to be within a 20-30 minute drive (pre ...
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Hi all,
I really need help deciding between 2 potential properties. Both are in the same price range within my budget, same county, and both less than 3 miles from my workplace. I’m going to be house hacking and pla...