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Ive been a landlord for about 18 years... Normally, if a tenant moves out it cost me under $600 to clean/paint, etc regardless of the area... Lately things have been very different... The last couple of tenants who mo...
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So, recently I've been interested in possibly buying a plot of land near Colorado Springs, CO and developing it into an RV Storage Facility. I have been interested in self storage for a bit, but it seems like it's too...
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Just starting out here and been reading Brandon Turner’s book on Rental Property Investing. The book gives a rule to use to quickly screen properties known as the 50% rule [(0.5*projected income/rent)- (Mortgage P an...
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Hi!I am sorry if this is annoying to ask, but I am a complete newbie and for now I am relying on this community to be my mentor. In short i would like to buy my first multi-family rental in the next 6-18 months. With ...
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Do you really end up netting say, 3% (if you pay your boss/broker a monthly fee of a couple hundred bucks to hang your license on their wall) on a purchase and on a sale if you have a license? I was thinking of re...
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Hi all successful direct mailers, I'm finally ready to go through with my first direct mail campaign, and I'm hoping for some second opinions from people who have the experience. I have been going around and around ...
Hi Everyone,I feel "stuck" in my current real estate adventure, and I could really use some advice to pinpoint me in the right direction. I had purchased a ~$450K townhome, 3bedroom, 3 bathrooms, and put 10% down. We ...
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Hello,Has anyone had any experience in choosing their first rental property to invest in EVER, to be out of state? Like the full experience of acquiring a property, managing the rehab, and then managing the rental aft...
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I bought my first tax deed this morning at the courthouse auction. I’m going to refer to the owner of the property as ‘Mr. Larry’.Mr. Larry was delinquent on three different properties, and I purchased the deed to one...
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I average 2 calls a week where someone calls me up and wants to buy one of my rental properties. I have heard the speeches so often I KNOW what they are gonna say next. Usually it starts out with, "we have bought a ...