All Forum Posts by: Roxanne McClain

I'm officially in the middle of listing my first property after turnover. Since I'm new to it, I listed the property on Zillow. I got my first application back and was disappointed that the information was so vauge. Is this the norm? I want to rent to a good tenant. I cant deal with a nuisance. Do you recommend a better one? 

@Amy Aziz that would be great. Thanks for sharing.

@Guifre Mora

Thanks for that advice. The land is undeveloped and I would be holding it for future “hopes” to build.

You have gave me something to think about.

I have a few rentals sitting size by side one lots down one road in a small town.

The properties have their ups and downs with location, but the land that is owned opposite my rentals has sat vacant with a $3000 tax card on them for dears and decades in some cases.

How do I approach them? And is tax card on the properties a general good price? I’d like to own to build more homes in the future.

Any advise is appreciated.

@Matthew Couto ,  @Theresa Harris , and @John Underwood all pretty much say the same thing, and I agree. I'm going to add the cost of window screens to the immediate costs I will put into the SFR. I do have screens on my own so I should add them.

The fencing is also something I think I'm going to do, just to help with giving everyone their own space and a little privacy when needed. Thanks for your advise. 

Would you put screens on your home's windows? What about screen doors? (The screen door seems more like a headache to me that anything) What about upgraded fencing to up property value later or or chain link if adding a fence? These are B Class properties,  but 2 of them flood the yard with water during storms and are low enough they have a grinder pump to run off to the city's serer system. The water always runs on off, but makes a mess in 2 of the yards. I might could fix this issue now, but is it something I should be wasting resources on now or at a later date? Just curious to your "absolutely nots" when putting money into a rental.

The plan is to buy and hold, so property value isn't really the motivator, but the homes are nice in the area and I want to keep them that way. But they have to pay for themselves. I'm just not sure what I should take on now, and what should come further down the road for upgrades or maintenance.

@Matt M. That’s good advise. Thank you. I’ll work on the letter this afternoon and get them out.

@Scott Mac Thanks. And if it’s going to be “Pet Friendly” then they should pay pet rent. It might knock some of the excess numbers down too.

The animal being removed is what I think should have happened the moment it bit another animal.

@Dennis M. Gee thanks. So which would you do? Enforce it and start out with a bunch of empty units to rent out or put up a fence? Fences are not exactly cheap either.

@Chris Szepessy Privacy Fencing would be a big chunk of money for just having purchased. And it seems like one more thing to have to maintain later.