All Forum Posts by: Luciano Suehara

I have a great tenant but he is complaining about rabbits burning his backyard lawn and pooping all over the place. He is saying that the gap between the fence and the ground is too high (3-4 in), allowing the rabbits to easily access the backyard. So he asked me to cover it (can use a steel net, fence extension, etc). This is not in the contract and wonder if this is my responsability or not. Any experience on that? Thanks in advance 

Hi, I found a good investment property but seller is asking to take over the current financing plan for the solar panels (124$/mon for 25years - already paid 2 years).

I'm still researching the pros and cons and wonder if anyone had this situation. Some many questions like:

1) How to charge the tenant on electrical bills?  

2) Does it appreciate or deppreciate home value? 

3) Insurance costs? I'm guessing premium will be higher in case of roof or panel replacement

Im not against them but just want to analyze all pros and cons.

All input is appreciated! Thanks

First of all, thank you for all the great feedback/tips/suggestions. Glad I found BiggerPockets and this great community. Based on the responses I found out other ways to analyze a rental property, in addition with the available tools. I believe the right opportunity will appear on the right time. In the meantime I'm constantly investing my time to understand more and more about investment properties. Appreciate again all the support. 

Hi everyone, new member here and I'd like the opinion from the experts. 

Im currently looking to purchase rental property and Im using the BiggerPockets tools (Rental Property calculator and Rent Estimator) to understand if it makes sense or not. 

I've ran some simulations and the properties are showing negative cashflow (-1% -2%) for the first 3 years, but then after year 3, things start to go back up with positive cashflow.

I wonder if it make sense to take this risk, buy the home (with 20% down), maybe refinance later on (considering that the rates will go down) and eventually improve the cashflow?

Any strategy that you guys recommend in this case or better wait for the right opportunity?

Thanks