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I am currently in the process of purchasing a Duplex with an FHA 203k limited loan. I am house hacking the property, and I am less than two weeks out from the closing date. When purchasing the property I decided to ...
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Hey BG community,It's that time of the year again for taxes! Since I only had a W-2 and one rental property income, so it looked straight forward enough to do it all by myself on TurboTax, right? By pure procrastinati...
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Hi all,I've been listening to the Bigger Pockets podcast for a little while and this is my first post so I apologize if this is a repetitive topic. I'm a first time homebuyer looking into the West Kensington area of P...
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I have a deal that I would like some feedback on. This 8 unit is located in a very safe town. However, unemployment here is about 2.5 points higher than the state average. Also, the population here is growing at 14% p...
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Hello everyone:
This is my first time doing this, and the tenants "seemed" like nice people. When I went over to collect rent, house was always clean, they always paid on time, so I had no clue of what was really go...
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Bought my first rental in Feb this year, 4bd, 2ba. There is a family of 6 in there, so I expected the water & sewer bill to be high. I pay the bill since it is my name, which i believe is required in Ma. The te...
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Hi BiggerPockets! I'm SUPER excited to have joined the BiggerPockets community. I've been reading as much as I can from this forum for a few days now, and figured I'd make my first post. I'm a cyber security specialis...
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Long-time follower of the forum (and Podcast listener). First time poster on here. I would like to present my personal situation and get some opinions on how people would proceed (also why). See below and thank you in...
I’ve read previous posts on this topic but am curious if the sentiment has changed over the years. I am not a new landlord but the homes that I have rented in past were homes that I didn’t currently live in. The hom...
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AS anyone who has been buying any kind of dimensional lumber knows prices have sky rocketed as much as 400% for some items in the last year.To me it seems like price fixing gouging.. at least here in the Northwest wh...