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If you have cash, should you use it or is it better to use leverage if you can? So far, I've almost exclusively used cash to build our small portfolio. My goal for the year was to fully replace my current after tax ...
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Recently two of the higher end suburbs (Broadview Heights & Seven Hills) in the Cleveland market banned short term rentals. Source ArticleI never got involved in the Airbnb craze myself. Not my business model. I'v...
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I want to build a real estate investing business. I want to buy and hold, I want to rent I want to do BRRRR’s and I feel like High School is holding me back. I also want to get a job working with GC starting out as a ...
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A few years ago one of the investors who had multiple properties in Manhatan Beach CA, then Phoenix AZ, who has been doing it for 30-40 years told me: " A property does not really cash flow till its paid off"Honestly,...
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HelloI am acquiring multiple no-vacation single family homes in non-vacation/touristic markets, mostly in the Midwest and Southeast (Dayton Oh, Winston Salem NC). The homes that I an acquiring are in the 3-4 bed and 1...
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What lock do you all use on your owners closet so the cleaning team can access? Do you use another digital front door keypad, or do you have a cheaper non-battery option you like? Having a hard time finding somethin...
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Okay so on my buildings I have a 30 year old building.Next to the door is a 2 pane slider.
One of the panes broke from someone attempting to get in to one of the units.
From my car audio business days I worked with ...
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I have bought my first STR and i am in the process of setting it up...my specific question at the moment is what software/aps do you all use to run your STRs. It would be great to get an exhaustive list of software t...
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Hi Everyone,I need help with getting a 10,000 foot view looking down on a first property in terms of apps/tech to manage it. What apps/tech do you all use to keep a handle on your investments? An app for collecting r...
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What do you all use for your banking? I hold properties out of state and want to change from my current bank. Thinking about Capital One now as they seem to have a low cost offering.How did you guys pick? Was local...