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Save Money – Develop Important Home Owner Skills

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With interest rates at all time lows, more foreclosures coming on the market and prices at decade low levels, you may be looking to buy a home or investment property. Here is my take on the skills every homeowner or landlord needs to have. Perhaps the county appraiser raised the appraised value of your home, thereby raising the taxes.

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Selling Your Investment Property?

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Not everyone is cut out to be a landlord or landlady. They might include things such as fees charged for obtaining a mortgage; cost of home inspections; homeowner’s insurance; title insurance and settlement fees; property taxes or transfer taxes. We did have a home inspection which was around $200 as well. Home inspection.

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Life Tips from Dad

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Financially, he moved from working for a living to becoming a landlord and property flipper to eventually trading in the stock market. He took an art class by mail and painted landscapes in oil. He bought and learned how to use a Ham radio set, talking with truckers across the country from the basement of our home in the 1950s.

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50 Best Small-Business Ideas – NerdWallet

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Or, you could buy property of your own (if you have the business funding, of course) becoming a property manager or landlord, renting out the space to tenants, maintaining the property and serving as their point of contact for any potential issues. Does your home have a guest house, mother-in-law suite or even just a spare bedroom?

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Which Type of Home Should You Buy?

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Here are a few considerations when you are looking at which type of home to purchase: If you want space. If you are looking for a lot of space, you likely need to be looking at single family homes farther away from the cities. One thing that I can say about single family homes on a larger lot is that they are a lot of work.

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