All Forum Posts by: Maurice Caulk

I thought the exact same thing! Since this is my first rental and she's only been there for 4 months I want to keep her happy, but just like you stated I'm not going to babysit.

Hello everyone! I wanted to share with you my first "service call" with my first rental.

So my Tenant called me this weekend saying theres a problem. She ccontinued to say her next door neighbor dog continues to come over and takes a poop in her backyard! She says she went over there and try to talk to the neighbor  At first she refused to answer the door but once she finally opened it she said  "If you want me to keep my dog  out of your yard tell your landlord to fix the fence and then I'll try to keep my dog out of your yard"

What the neighbor is referring to, its a divider fence  in between the two houses (town homes) the Landscaping slopes so there's a small Gap underneath one side of the fence. I already went over there to fix it even though I didn't have to do anything. 

So I was wondering what would you have done? Also what would of been the proper way tof handle the situation?

 Absolutely once I get it all cleaned up! Thanks

I just wanted to say I'm officially getting my feet wet. I jumped in and brought my first rental property. I'm at the first phase and its time to do some repairs! Lol

 Hey, starting out I am looking for the "Good sections" in the inner city as we all know crime and drugs are bad in the city but there are plenty of good streets where theres never any issues and those are the spots I would like to be.

 Yes I'm prepared to put a 20% down payment. I haven't looked into any of the DelREIA. I will do that now that you've mentioned it. I also have a question. Do I need to get a renters license I'm delaware? If so can i apply for one before I get a property?

Hello, everyone I'm from Wilmington, Delaware and I've been listening to most of the podcasts (I'm not going to pretend like I heard all of therm lol.) I have tried to invest about a year ago but things just didn't workout. I'm trying to get back on the horse and make that jump. Even though this is my second time trying I still have those normal beginner fears even though this is my second time trying.

I am currently pre approved for a loan and I have a realtor. I just wanted to post this just to communication with everyone my experience and process as a rookie lol and to also get feed back from everyone to help and call me out on my mistakes lol.

Thanks for reading

 That is great advice Anderson your spot on with this one!!! I started to do a little more digging and thats the same answer ive been seeing. Thank you it's nice to know some people are actually out to help others and not just themselves!

Ps. I love beer quote lol

 Yeah that's what I was worried about. I didn't think it would be a good idea to start out with the double loan. I read some people took some equity out of the house to do renovations also.

Hello, I'm actively look for my first rental property now and I've noticed that most of the houses I go to needs a little TLC.

My question is, what's the best way to come up with renovation funds (ex. the money to fix up a bathroom or kitchen?) Should I be using out of pocket money or find other creative was to fund these projects?