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hi my name is andrew. My whole life I've spent working under people and remodeling houses. Recently I hit a rough patch of ice. A guy I was working for had screwed me on money expecting me to drive from chillicothe to...
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I want to hear from investors who got their start long before the infamous housing market crash of '07, '08, '09...... What one or two things do you do differently NOW because of what you learned THEN? Don't hold back...
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My previous tenants who left in March, 2023 violated lease on multiple occasions. Biggest issue is that they kept 2 dogs without notifying me who seem to be peeing in the house for a long time. Loft and stairs have th...
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I am doing my first true house flip (have remodeled plenty of houses for rental) and am trying to figure out a contract to use with a new general contractor whom I have not worked with previously. After hearing about...
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I've been reading on the 50% rule for calculating viability on a potential rental income property:
Gross monthly rent
-(minus)50% for operating expenses
______________________________(equals)
NOI(Net Operating Inco...
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First, a little about me. My wife and I have had a few really good years with our business so I took the profits and spent the last year building a small portfolio of 21 units in Columbus and Newark, OH. We have quite...
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Just like the title says I am looking to select a market to purchase my first property. I live in Southern California and it's almost impossible to make an investment that will cash flow here so I'm fine going else wh...
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I have some low-income apartment rentals and I am interested in getting into mobile home parks. I have a park under contract with a business partner who already owns a small park in our area. The park has 30 park-owne...
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Hey guys, Recent college grad, thinking of buying an apartment. I was living in NYC and I really like it, however, it's very expensive, it doesn't seem like a good place to live when you are starting out in life. I'm ...
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I'm more interested in holding out and renting out a property than I am flipping one, but if I did find one for a good enough deal and managed to get rid of it fairly quickly, what are the taxes like?
I suppose there...