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Hi all,
You must listen to podcast #689, The #1 Real Estate Tax Loophole, with Matt Bontrager. I was impressed with the information shared by Matt. It was easy to understand and to the point. I Googled Truebooks revi...
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It has been agressively stated here on BP that operating expenses average 50% of gross rents. I have posted many times that while that may be true with some properties, it is not accurate or appropriate to use this pe...
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I haven't been doing this as long as some of the big time investors here. But I've had a pretty interesting run over the last 20 years. And I'm just wondering if anybody else is seeing the same thing. I started in ...
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The property management company I work with in Michigan wants to charge me $250 for a renewal of a lease. I have two other PMs in another State and they don't even charge me for this. Is this common? It's just resigni...
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I've asked this question in other areas and have yet to get 1 response, maybe here will help - before investing, financially where should I be? (I understand no one can give a clean direct answer but a ball park)I'd l...
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Just out of curiosity, how many of all your properties do you have a mortgage on and how many do you fully own? Mainly talking to buy & hold people, but flipping would also be welcomed, and really any type of REI ...
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I have a rental property in Mississippi an I charge $50 dollars late fee with an additional $10 dollars late fee every day after the 5th of each month. My question is what is a good price to charge for late fee an wha...
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I see most people have an llc - is there a significant reason why?
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As I am in the process of getting educated and either finding a lender who will lend to me, or a partnership/other sort of creative way to buy, I had a total "how the hell am i going to do this moment" last night that...
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So I posted this in reddit but got slim to none responses and figured I should post it where the experts live. Also first time poster! Bear with this long existential post, and here it goes.
I'm a 30 odd year old h...