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I have a tenant who paid the entire year's rent. Yep, one year in full. It was one of the tenant's parents who actually paid the money and the tenant gave us a cashiers check. The tenants are in their late 30s.In any ...
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Last summer I decided to take the plunge and buy my first single family home ("SFH") to rent, so my money could start working for me instead of me always working for my money. I had discovered Bigger Pockets ("BP") e...
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I would like to get the expert advice and opinion of the members here on the forum of an idea I have been throwing around in my head for about two months now.
I am 24 years old and will be buying my first home here w...
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Soooo…here is my dilemma…should I stay living in an apartment while I accumulate rental properties so that I free up my debt ratio…for even more income properties?…or should I buy a home to live in and just accumul...
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I'm excited to have joined such an amazing community of like minded investors. I'm just starting out in real estate investing, but I do own my current residence in CA.I have a real estate agent and a property manager ...
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Hi y'all! So my husband and I are going back and forth on this... one of our tenants uses her front porch area as storage. It is a MESS and is very unsightly. My husband wants to write her an official letter demanding...
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Hi Everyone,I have been studying every corner of this site for about the past month in an attempt to learn as much as I possibly can about RE investing before I take the plunge with my first deal. There is such a weal...
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Negotiating a half million dollar home, where the backyard was described in detail in the listing as a selling point.Listing agent comes back after we submit our offer with "oh, the sellers reserve their right to harv...
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Hi Friends!I am a "relatively new" investor who in a sense is just starting out. I actually have two SFR that I bought over 10 years ago when I was in the military, long before I ever discovered BP and all of the amaz...
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I have a rental that is out of the area. We had to evict some non-paying tenants sometime back and the property manager told me that they had more dogs and cats that I feel comfortable mentioning in an open forum. We ...