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You hear so much (I guess from the gurus and course sellers) about how “predictable” the cash flow is from rental properties. Well I adamantly disagree. You have a maintenance issue…unpredictable cash flow. Your insur...
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Hey everyone,I am a sole proprietor with a steadily expanding buy and hold portfolio. My kids are age 8 (son) and 10 (daughter). As a single dad with sole custody, the kids have always tagged along in some way - somet...
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Hello BP members! My name is Andrew Easton, I'm originally from Ohio but I've been living in Wilmington, NC for 4 years now. I've spent most of my life in the Construction and Skilled Trades fields. I have the knowle...
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Hey everyone!I'm hoping there are a couple people that are in my position or that have advice on moving forward. I have been self employed for most of my adult life. I make in the six figures right now, but taxes have...
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I know that with residential properties, you need to be there for your tenants or have a property management watch over the place.
Is the same true with commercial? Or can you basically write into the lease agreemen...
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I just closed on a short-saled triplex, that is full of tenants. Sounds good at first. However, at the closing, the previous owner said that there is one tenant that only paid half the rent for January and has not p...
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I have someone that is wanting to invest in my company. They want to roll their retirement over to a Self Directed and we need advice. They were recommended by their financial advisor to talk to Pensco and so far they...
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We have three water bills from the Water Department, Malden, MA. It shows water usage as follows:1. The water usage from 10/15/2015-11/15/2015 (32 days) 16446 c.f., $3468.702. The water usage from 11/15/2015-12/15/201...
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Hello everyone,Now that is tax season, I have a question related to this topic.I bought a fourplex via FHA loan and I currently live in one unit, I have been fixing and updating all units so I could rent them out whic...