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Greetings BP'ers!I have a job opportunity that would require me to spend 6-9 months in Chicago and 3-6 months in LA. I’m based here in Chicago and I’m currently renting a 1BR/1BA condo (south loop) and I’m pretty muc...
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Let's assume I found a four-plex that I wanted to purchase and live in one of the 4 units. Can something be done if it turns out that the 4 units are presently being rented out? This has to do with me wanting to know ...
My LL and I agreed to term our lease early so that my wife and I could buy our own house. We gave her plenty of notice and kept her in the loop as to when we were buying a new home and when we were moving out of the r...
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Hi fellow BP'ers,So I recently acquired my first multi-family and inherited a problem tenant (a story for another time) who planned on moving out in January which she already moved out as of January 1 with no notice. ...
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I had always been told I own studs in on my condos and the HOA was responsible for insuring buildings. I just got a notice from one of my HOA's that they don't purchase flood insurance on the buildings due to cost, I ...
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Do you charge an administrative fee when drawing up an itemized list for the security deposit refund? if so, how much? does it vary by state? this is from google? property owners operating in the state of P...
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Hi everyone - Thanks in advance for any help.I recently bought a duplex and inherited tenants which have been fine. This is a C property, rent is $550/month. I was told that one of the tenants is disabled (husband o...
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Hello BiggerPockets community. I am getting close to my first deal (eek!) and would like to start interviewing some contractors for my project, in Buffalo NY. A true overhaul of the property will be in order, so a gen...
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Hi, I want to buy my first investment property, and I'm trying to learn all I can about how to use my own money. I'm looking into setting up a self directed IRA, that I can manage through my LLC, but it's proving very...
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I'm a broker and property manager in Sacramento with 100+ Airbnb properties in my portfolio. Today I had a new situation and obviously can't advise on tax/legal matters, but hoping to get some insight from the communi...