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Hi everyone,
We received an outrageously high water bill and I wanted to ask for advice or guidance.
We live in a non-metered single family house.
We called the Chicago Water Department, and they informed us...
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For those of you with buy and hold rentals. Do you escrow your taxes and insurance as part of your monthly mortgage payments?
Or do you keep this money aside, such as in a savings account?
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Hey Bigger Pockets:
My name is Chris Jordon and I'm from Huntsville, AL. I'm 22 years old and a soon to be college graduate with my bachelor's degree in business management. I think of myself as an extremely ...
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I live in Greenville, Sc. and plan on buying my first investment property in the February time frame. My plan is to start small and invest into a single family home. I have an interest in renting out my first home to ...
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I want to get the community's thoughts. How much money should I insure my rental properties for with ACV (actual cash value) and $10K deductible? Should I insure for the capital I have in the homes or for how much t...
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Which services have you used for screening a tenant and what did they include?I read about TransUnion Smart Move and RentPrep. Any positive and negative experiences with either? Besides these 2 have you used any other...
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I've been purchasing a number (4 so far) of cheap houses (<$50k) with cash, and now I'd like to get my equity back out of them to buy more. I'd also like to figure out a plan for being able to do this smoothly i...
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Hi BP,Just bought my first rental property (3units) in Bakersfield. I'm with a major insurance company and been asked to add the PM I'm working with to the insurance policy as an additionally insured party. Ins compan...
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Hey everyone! Got another question for you all. @Raymond Northcutt and I are hoping to hit the road in about a year, and we're trying to prepare for the issue of collecting rent. As of now, we are just having tenants ...
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So I have been recently talking with my real estate broker and had mentioned that I would be willing to lend to other investors at a 10% interest rate while I was out of the game for a little while and studying for an...