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I thought it might be helpful to post a quick list of many of the common REI questions I see posted on here that are fairly non-specific and have similar answers across the board. While I am no expert in real estate, ...
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I recently bought a townhome in a suburb of Minneapolis - 2Bed/2Bath. The going rate in the marketplace is about $1,600/month for rent. Once I listed this property for rent I received 50+ inquiries. To reduce the volu...
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I had some investments in Detroit- a SFR and a loan. Both of them I'll say that I lost my shirt. Between shady business people (what I felt to be) crooked property management companies, and some of the rumor and innue...
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Salutation, My name is Mandy Crawford. I am currently living here in West Virginia. Although I am a newbie in real estate, my family all invest in this business. Interestingly my family do not suggest I invest in real...
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I would imagine having an experienced and successful person mentoring or guiding you when first starting out is a major plus. Just curious to see how many people actually had a mentor and how significant having one vs...
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Hi all! I spent a long time here three years ago, getting ready to rent out my first property, which is actually my father's house (he is in assisted living, and I have PoA and am successor trustee on his account). ...
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So we do marketing consulting services for other investors and I've been noticing that a majority of our clients outsource their PPC work and are seeing pretty terrible returns over the past 12 months. But it wasn't ...
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I would estimate as much as 20% of our guests in our various units will open windows while the Heat or AC runs and struggles to keep up, and running up the utilities bill. I can understand if it's a nice high 60s or '...
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Hello BP members. I am currently in the beginning phase of getting a direct mail campaign going targeted at 2-4 unit properties in my area. My goal is to find a property that my family (myself, wife, and two babies) c...
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I have a property under management in Tenessee with Reedy and company where I have had the following issues. Who can I escalate to in company management to help with these? The person I have escalate to has not respon...