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Hi all,Recently I hired an independent contractor (great reviews on Yelp) to fix a few appliances in the kitchen. Things were fixed perfectly, however, the contractor brought some minor damages, for example, scratchin...
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Hey guys and gals. I’ve been in real estate for exactly 1 year and have flipped 2 properties so far with one more about to go on the market.I am currently renting and own no homestead. I have a 4-plex in central next ...
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I got a call from my Tenant saying that there is no water running at this time (4pm on a Friday) I called the water department and said if they received my payment and they have, we are current. Also, I said to the wa...
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I just recently sold an investment property that i originally lived in. I bought it for $440k iin 2009 and leased it on and off from 2017 till present for between $4000 and $5200, I sold it fior $1,100,000. I need t...
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We’re about to hire our first property manager. We’re reading over the contract and not sure if we need a lawyer or if the contact is a standard one. The property manager was recommended to me by a realtor/investor ...
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General question to all the landlords out there. Much of this business is a constant game of running cost/benefit analyses. Let me know your thoughts on this one. Would you opt for this voluntary service? Rent Protect...
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Hi,I have a few multi family properties and I manage them myself. I have following questions around how to organize the properties and management.1. To keep the accounts and tax simple should I start a property manag...
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I read Gallinelli's books and bought his REIA Excel software. I love it! I also built my own tool (basically reverse engineered Gallinelli's in order to make sure I understood exactly what it was doing behind the s...
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If I am renting a property of mine just under my personal name do I need to set up a separate bank account and pay the property loan, taxes, insurance etc out of that separate account? Or can i just pay everything out...
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I'm under contract to buy my first home AND my first investment property! I'm going to be living in one unit of a triplex in Indianapolis' Fountain Square neighborhood, and I'm using an FHA loan to do it, pretty much ...