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What is the best books on amazon.com you recommend for a newbie getting started in apartment building investing
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I'm a newbie and looking for recommendations on getting short term property insurance on a flip. The idea is get the thing reno'd and flipped and a couple months. Florida is a tough place to get home owner insuranc...
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Anyone ever have any luck getting rid of PMI early with an appraisal? Here's my thought.We just bought a house and it appraised above what we paid, my math shows that with our payments (factoring in front load intere...
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Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Lillington.
Purchase price: $178,000
Cash invested: $781
Contributors:
Chalie Krautkramer,
Mandy Oler,
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Expired listing, had two parcels packaged together as one. One of the parcels is a small SFH, the other is a multi-unit.Seller doesn't want to split them up, which is ok with me, I'd like them both anyway and I'd lik...
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A hypothetical:
4 unit building.
Tenant is in the process of being evicted from their unit but no Marshall date yet. Says they will be out by end of the week.
Tenant goes to PM on site and says water is coming dow...
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First things first, how does this deal look?
Fix & Flip not buy and hold.
Listed for $279,900 which is clearly a retail price for the neighborhood. Max. ARV would be $285,000 depending on the upgrades made. B...
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I recently saw a post from Anthony Walker asking experienced real estate professionals and those newer to the business about gaining a competitive advantage and it got me thinking about what competitive advantages a r...
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First let me thank everyone who contributes to this site, I found a lot of useful tips on here. I just listed my house for rent today and got a very uncommon inquiry. The prospective tenant told me that they are a gro...
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Farmer Insurance agent assured me that the rental property is covered from tenant and/or vandalism damages. After the eviction process, we got back possession and discovered significant amount of damages from feces on...