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I think behind tenant screenings and leases there is a quality of a landlord that's also as a person that is the respect for a good person and the intelligence of making fair affairs.
For me for ten years in the past...
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TL;DR Matt Motil is a fraud. Do not invest with him.
Warning, this is a long post. My purpose here is to save some of you from the experience I now find myself in after providing a short-term loan to Matt Motil of C...
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Upon joining up with Bigger Pockets, I logged on to see an advertisement that said "cold calling is dead" that was advertising a book. While it looks attractive, the data simply doesn't support this proposal. In a...
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I own several businesses. I sold one of them for $400K a couple of years ago, took half down and seller-financed the rest. The buyer made payments for a few months, ran the business into the ground, and stopped paying...
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Hi everyone,Is it possible for a new investor (with no experience and have no job) to get a business credit line? The only thing I can show is the money I have in my checking account. I am planning to use BRRRR strate...
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Hello BP, Theo & Quinity here looking for any advice you can provide to new landlords. What websites to use to screen future renters, how do you collect your rent, should we allow pets, do you allow smoking, etc? ...
Basically, I want to make sure that my tenants will be able to pay if one of them ups and leaves, disappears, or gets hit by a bus.Is it ok to require minimum income of 5x for household and let's say 2x for individual...
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HI BPI am lost. I have been self employed for many years and recently now filing taxes for a real estate trust I operate. I do not understand the relationship between tax returns, borrowing money from banks, and limit...
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I'm currently in contract on a property (2-4 unit) with a non-qm lender.
Since this lender is not adhering to Fannie Mae guidelines, I am looking to close the property in an LLC. I was told by my mortgage broker he...
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Just spent over an hour at the bank and they are not able to setup a simple checking account for my new 401k trust to roll funds into. Frustrating waste of time and don't want to go through that again.
Anyone in Oran...