All Forum Posts by: Carson Kesner

So my first flip house is finally on the market. What a journey that was. Naively so I thought the work was pretty much over. Time to let the agents do their jobs. We had a security system installed into the home due to unsavory individuals looking to find some tools at a discount. I was glancing through the footage and I heard an independent agent from a different company inform a potential buyer that granite countertops can cause cancer. Is this a real thing? Or am I an idiot for wasting my time typing this up? 

@Jeffrey Indalecio

Thanks!

@Corby Goade when I asked him why he wanted to pay up front he said he doesn’t like making monthly payments

@Thomas S. Lol! Should I start a go fund me for legal defense?

I showed a rental today to a possible tenant, who for all intents and purposes, checked all the boxes, they agreed to sign a 12 month lease @$1000 a month and pay $1000 security deposit. Non smoker, no pets, makes 70K a year. They even went as far to offer to pay the entire years rent and security deposit up front. 

This my first property so my experience is exactly zero. There is no norm for me.  Some form of intuition is telling me though  if a person is waving around money like mad, they probably don't have much of it. 

With that being said, I started digging a little more and found out the tenant is in the middle of a divorce. He made it clear that they do not plan on staying past 12 months. I don't have a problem with finding a different tenant in a year but I am curious to know if divorce lawyers (in ohio) are going to come looking for a pile of missing money that just so happens to equate a years worth of rent and a security deposit.  If and when they do find that missing money, can they forcefully take it back? 

What would a seasoned Landlord do here? walk away from it? rent it out? Any input is appreciated. 

I recently purchased a SFH for 68K as a rental property, needs mostly cosmetic touch up. This is my first property and I’m being baptized by fire. Is it better to use quality products or take the cheapest option to increase margins?

Previous owners painted walls with a nice layer of nicotine. What is the best way to cover up or remove the stains?

Recently purchased a $70k 1100sf SFH as a rental property, planned on renting it out @ 950/month with a $530 mortgage. Refinance property#1 in a few years after improvements and save Income to purchase another SFH and repeat until I can make a down payment on a commercial property. Am I being naive or ignorant in assuming I can make money within the next 6 years? Or even make money to create a down25%down payment on a commercial property with 200k? I run a landscaping company and was looking for a passive income type deal.. any input welcome

I’m 22 and I just bought a SFH rental property. What do I do now? What don’t I do now? #baptismbyfire