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Hi, everyone. Thanks in advance for any help you may be able to offer. I believe I have found a great property to purchase as my first investment. It is one continuous building on a residential-zoned lot; however, it ...
So I set my unit up on affordablehousing.com (section 8) and got a call from a market renter. She makes 24/hour (not sure if she works full or part time, didn’t ask) and has 2 kids. Showed her the building and she see...
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This piece is a meditation on the guilt associated with wealth accumulation, specifically the personal longing to achieve it.
Ever since I remember, I have been told and guided by friends, family and passers by not...
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Hello BP!I have a duplex under contract in Atlanta. We pulled the title, and there is 24K of outstanding water balances. It's not a lien, but they are bills owed by two different past tenants.In Atlanta, these bills f...
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OK, I'm starting this post as a way to hold myself accountable and track my progress (or lack there of) in my investing process this year.At this point I have been thinking about, and "planning to do," real estate in...
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Currently I own and operate a PM management company, and have procrastinated in getting my RE license; I am doing so as we speak. The market is SOOO saturated where I live, the scraps aren't even worth fighting over,...
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I am about 1 year into landlording my own properties and have a few questions on lease grace periods and what others have done. We have rent due on the 1st and then a grace period till when the late fees hit so some t...
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In a nutshell, two tenants didn’t disclose a pet until confronted a month into tenancy, said they were finishing up paperwork to register it as an emotional support animal (ESA), and then sent in a forged signature fr...
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Hello everyone,Since February, I've been reading and watching a ton about wholesaling, and last month I decided to take the leap. I feel like I understand the basics, but I don't want to get "analysis paralysis"- so I...
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Every Podcast tells me the answer is yes, however every time I talk to my accountant he says that depreciation isn't always worth claiming. He mentions that when you go to sell the property or if you pass away you...