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My dad (61 y.o.) currently lives in our childhood home and has been struggling to find a job. He managed afterschool programs for a majority of his career making between 60k-120k/year, but was recently laid off. Over ...
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Hey Everyone,
We are just a few weeks away from closing on our first rental. We are super excited but feeling the panic of there being too many options for the materials. We are going to be putting new flooring throu...
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Walkthrough Hey everyone! I just closed on my first house Friday and am doing all of the work myself with my step dad. He has been working on properties his whole life so he’s a great resource and partner on getti...
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I recently purchased the real estate that I had been renting for my business. It's an old car dealership with much more parking than I need. There is a 10,000 sq ft fenced in area and probably an equal amount of ...
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Hi forum, I'm sure this topic comes up regularly, but...We have purchased a vacation rental in Coastal Connecticut, Beach community. Rentals during the summer are weekly as a rule. Very new to this and talking to ne...
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I own a rental property in San Antonio TX that is in a 500-year flood zone. However, that area has experienced quite a bit of flooding recently. Federal Funding for natural disasters doesn't cover rental properties. T...
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Anyone ever buy from an old person and grant them a life estate as part of the price paid? I suppose it is like a reverse mortgage. Uf so, how did you structure it and why was it a win-win?
Hello,
I have been looking for single-family/multi-family for investment for past few months but having no luck.
I placed offers on few properties and was outbid on all of them. I am interested in seeing and unders...
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I'm going to cut to the chase: a so-called "contractor" had his employees do some work in one of my rental units. The worker poured grout/mortar water into the tub. Needless to say, two weeks later when the tenants m...
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I thought it might be interesting to share that we are replacing a roof on one of our 1000sf SFH, the contractor that I use for most of our construction work quoted me $7900 (cash) to remove old shingles, put on new, ...