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House #39 – Painted Up

House #39 – Painted Up
House #39 is flying along.  The painter started Tuesday this week and is almost done the inside and about half done the outside.  We should be done at the end of the first week of August and looking forward to getting this house on the market. I have added some preliminary before...
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How not to submit offers – Liberty Acquisitions – Jon Long

How not to submit offers – Liberty Acquisitions – Jon Long
Hey Jon Long, of Liberty Acquisitions stop sending me automated offers. I have gotten an offer every 24 hrs on all of my houses in a certain city.  Clearly they are automated and come in at the same time.  The offer is about 40% of the list price. I am writing you today in response...
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House #46 – Location Problems? Before and After Pics

House #46 – Location Problems? Before and After Pics
I have not written about House #46 yet, but it is a bit unique.  It is one of the few houses we have purchased with genuine pretty bad “location problems.”  Normally, we probably would not have pursued this house at all but an agent we work with quite a bit got the listing...
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Latest Inland Empire Real Estate Deal

Latest Inland Empire Real Estate Deal
It has been a pretty boring week.  The market is a bit slow, still getting a couple calls on the stuff we have for sale and actually got one or two decent offers so that looks promising.  We are lowering what we’re willing to pay again, pricing us completely out of a lot of...
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Singe Family Landlord’s Review of Buildium

Singe Family Landlord’s Review of Buildium
If you’re a regular user, you probably know we self manage all of properties.  When getting started I wanted the ability to accept ACH payments so our tenants could pay electronically.  After much research I decided to go with Buildium. First of all the Landlord edition is...
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