All Forum Posts by: Jacquelyn First

It’ll cost me either $300 flying to visit my new investment property or 14 hrs of driving total. Usually it is not this bad and flights are cheap and my property is by family so I can visit them (so not looking for “you should have bought locally arguments here” - I live in the bay and am too broke for that!)

It is time to screen tenants and so I feel the need to be there in person doing this for a couple weeks (I don’t know if it takes that long) but this doesn’t seem sustainable. Has anyone screened tenants themselves virtually and then hired someone to show them the home? Wondering if that can be helpful or if I need to just get a rental management company. I’m wary to go with a company because I’d like to screen the tenant personally and it seems more costly?

Thanks!

Very helpful perspectives here. I'll do some digging in that area. Do you get some sort of insurance that covers the cost if your appliances break down?

I’m 26 and have very little life, let alone real estate experience but I was able to buy my first single family home with my dad going in 25% in Southern California’s high desert.

My dad owns one other home up there and has told me we can have our tenants get their own fridge. This was pretty alarming to me as I’ve always rented from places that have fridges.

Is this normal? My instinct is to tell me dad no and just buy the cheapest aesthetically good looking fridge I can.