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my son just started his carer in Naperville, ill just outside of Chicago. he can stay in the Chicago area or relocate to Cincinnati, oh. so our question is, is there an advantage to living in one area over the other a...
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There is an REO I have under contract and still within my inspection period. I went down to city hall and discovered the additions on the home are unpermitted and violate setback rules. I cannot obtain variances sin...
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Hello BP family, we are planning to renovate and upgrade the master and guest bathroom, and add a kitchenette.The first contractor is the one that we used for Our Rental, he is good, but it’s not responding back on a ...
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Anyone have experience using OmniKey Realty as Property Management company? I’ve read all of their reviews on Google Review and Yelp, while most of them seem real, I’ve spotted at least one of their employee friends p...
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I have been getting prepared to present a seller financing package but I am unsure concerning taxes and the balloon payment. Will the seller have to pay taxes on the balloon payment? If they sell the property in form ...
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Guys, I am waiting to hear back but I will try to breifly explain my situation.Just bought a house in May 2018.
Have a possible job offer out of state. If the offer makes sense, might take it, as I have been waiting ...
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Hi guys,
I have an electrical issue/question. I own an older 2 family built in 1932. The outlets are mostly 2 prong and it appears there is no ground wire. My tenant is asking me to change to 3 prong so she could rea...
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I am looking at a condo for sale at auction.com. They provided a partial title search report document. It stated there was LEIN which I found details on from the County Register of Deeds for unpaid income tax of abo...
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Is anyone else seeing a growing trend of banks doing repairs on REO’s prior to listing them? Is this another way for them to combat “flipping”?
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I'm setting up my expense spreadsheet "run the numbers" on the properties I'm considering. I've notice that different regions use different number (and I should imagine different types of properties should as well). ...