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Hi BP crew,
I am closing on my first investment duplex in Rochester, NY at the beginning of October (super exciting!) and want to make sure that I am keeping the ball rolling in terms of investing. I financed through...
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Hi all!I am student at Purdue University beyond eager for Real Estate investing, trying to enable my girlfriend and I to live a financially free life as soon as possible since we are all about family. I know that aski...
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I have a tenant in my first floor unit who has been late every single payment for 11 months in a row with every excuse in the book. However, they always end up paying right before the legal timeline for eviction. Does...
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I've been reading another forum and they recommend charging twice the security deposit if the FICO score(s) is below 600. Has anyone tried this and if so were the people willing to pay?
Also I was wondering how peop...
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Hi fellow BP'ers!I recently purchased a duplex to owner occupy and have been living there since December 2017. I inherited the tenants on the other side who also happen to be excellent neighbors. They are long term te...
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Hi BP family!I've spent months in researching my next move with my 401 (k). I've made the decision that I will rollover my 401 (k) to a self-directed plan which would allow me to start investing in Tax Liens and perha...
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I have a question regarding property managers. Is it abnormal for them to do a 2-minute analysis of whether they're willing to manage a property and give an estimated rent potential when shot an address?I'm dealing w...
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Folks,
I had an agent place a tenant for me and charged me 8% of my yearly rent which is about 1 month's rent. Now tenant is creating a lot of trouble by blowing everything out of proportion and making it hard for me...
I inherited tenants at a duplex I bought in February. Both units had low income racial minority families with school-aged children. (Race is relevant because I'm white, and there's a well-publicized issue in Portland...
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I got into real estate investing to escape the 9 to 5 paycheck route. Now that I have enough "passive" income through single family, mulitfamily, short term rentals, a few notes, etc....I'm looking at the next step t...