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Aloha! We're considering transitioning our primary home into a rental and need advice/ideas on how to improve our (older) home's curb appeal. We're not looking into turning it into prime flipping condition, but we wan...
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I recently signed a contract to purchase 3,200 sq. ft. duplex. In order to stay within budget I intend to paint the property myself. Given the size, I will be using a Milwaukee Airless Paint Sprayer ($249 at Home ...
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I'm working on a blog post for the BiggerPockets Blog and I'm curious:
How nice do you make your rentals before putting a tenant in?
Specifically, I'm writing about turning a primary residence into a rental, but t...
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Hello, Board! I had made another leap of faith and bought Quad of 4 1/1 Apartments. I will use this thread to get some advises from the knowledgable public here.This place is in pretty rough shape, but I am hoping to ...
Hey guys, hope I’m in the right place here or that this kind of stuff is allowed. New to the forums.So good morning. I’m new here and new to the real estate game, actually I haven't even scratched the surface yet. I’v...
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I’m two days from closing on my first rental property and I just found out that the property’s basement flooded for the second time in the last week. The property is an over/under duplex, and we have had excessive amo...
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All,My business partner and I are ready to make our first investment but have a few questions as we wait for our offer to be approved. At the highest level we are buying a 3 family house where we will occupy 1 unit an...
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I have a house I'm listing for sale and the seller is a friend of a friend. His cat, however, is no friend of mine.My client has gone nose-blind to the horrific smell. When I say "smell", I mean "stench of ammonia a...
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I am looking at a REO property that has been on the market over 100 days. The listing agent for the bank has been contacted and has notified me that there is a mold problem in the basement. They say that it would cost...
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Hey all, I've come across a property that's deeply discounted because it requires Meth Mitigation. Can anyone tell me what kind of work it takes to clean up a meth house and how much that would cost? Wondering if it's...