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I just closed on a house in Warren Michigan. The home was already occupied with tenants who have been there for five years and always paid rent on time. I have since spoken with the female resident who states that t...
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Hello all, first time posting, but I've been consuming content for a while. I have a couple of duplexes with my brother in Pittsburgh and a house hack in Washington, DC. We self manage, and he does all onsite work/sh...
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http://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/p60-243.pdf
If you want, this is 89 pages long , but has some really interesting facts/stats/charts and you know how I like those!!
In 2011-real median income was 8.1% lower than ...
Hi everyone,I have a property in California that my mother was living in. There was a room in the back of the house that she was renting out (bedroom and bathroom with private entrance). She got ill and passed sudd...
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Hello!I have always been shocked by how expensive title insurance and settlement fees are. As a buyer, has anyone had experience either negotiating with the incumbent Title Insurance company on how much they are charg...
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According to a recent blog post by Karen Firestone on Harvard Business Review Blogs, financial services companies are using more images of women in their advertisements, 20% more than just 5 years ago. This as repo...
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Women are more risk-averse as investors, and while this is often blamed on a lack of financial literacy, the issue is more one of confidence, not competence: 45% of women with $1 million in investible assets were deem...
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Awesome BP Community Leaders,Thank you for your support, advice, and guidance thus far on our fledgling REI adventure. We're at a point now where we're hustling for more money and are considering a hard money loan. ...
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Hi everyone! Thank you all for the advice on my previous posts. An update, we are set to close on our first duplex house hack next week! I am now in a hurry to get all my marketing plans/tenant screening info up and r...
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What expenses am I obligated to pay as a landlord, I have tenants that think I'm supposed to pay for everything that breaks, and "that's the purpose of them renting." What would they have to pay for, and what are thin...