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Dear bigger pockets, My wife and I are both new to multi family investing and I posted two months ago about a "failure to obtain permits for a duplex" citation for a new multi-family property we just acquired. You can...
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Long story short, I am from a small town in a rural area. Small town big shots sometimes make their own rules and that's the type involved here. They worked as a team in this entire thing.
So here we go...A person ...
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Hi. From what I've been hearing and reading, direct mailing to motivated sellers work because I'm "solving their problems". This means I can help them by buying cash, closing fast, etc.In YellowLetters.com, a lot of t...
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Just curious if secured credit cards improve credit more then regular credit cards, Anyone know?
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Im an over the road truck driver, and my company offers a "per diem" pay package. In this pay plan, a significant amount of my pay is paid as non taxed income. In the images below, ive included the documents they prov...
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I really need suggestions, as I have never dealt with something like this before. Appraisals in our county generally take over a month once scheduled. Therefore, most escrow times here are set for about 60 days. We...
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I was able to get three cash flow positive properties with solid CoC returns during the downturn, and part of the way up, but in the greater Seattle area it is getting harder and harder. Prices are too high relative t...
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Hello everyone! So we got a call this weekend in the South Texas heat that one of our tenants had the AC go out completely. Of course, we went through as quickly as we could to get in touch with our Home Warranty comp...
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Hi BP community,I am not really new to BP I have been involved for over a year now, listened to basically every podcast (many more than once), read a handful of the books, and actually purchased my first investment pr...
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Has ANYONE out there actually had a successful experience with tenants who have had an eviction previously?I pre-screen my tenants by saying "Total household income has to be 3x rent, no pets, smokers or evictions."Th...