Justin Smith
First Residential Rental
5 February 2025 | 16 replies
Your property management rate should be higher—there aren’t many options in the Metro East, and the good ones tend to be expensive.You mentioned that he’s already okay with you removing the tenant or adjusting rent if needed.
Ken M.
Creative Financing and Some Things To Know
13 January 2025 | 1 reply
My humble advice to anyone attempting to do creative finance is:Creative finance is for experienced investors who have access to capital if anything goes wrong.Learn the lawsDon't use a contract "off the internet", laws vary by state and are also regulated on a federal levelLearn the financing techniques correctlyDon’t skip parts of the processDon’t ever do a “kitchen table” closingUse the proper deedAn attorney can help you with the legal work, but the rest you are on your ownYour guru will not bail you out“Investing” in someone else’s deal by providing a small 2nd loan so the “investor” can pay for “cash to the seller” and for “closing costs” so he can do the deal is a very bad planKnow what problems can ariseLearn the responses and solutions to problems before they are neededKnow everything there is to know about Title and what that meansKnow who a "protected class" individual isLearn the "back doors"Learn human natureUnderstand timelinesUnderstand regulation enforcement (some of these "mistakes" have a 10 year statue of limitations ( they can charge you 10 years AFTER you do the transaction) and carry hefty fines and possible imprisonmentThe court doesn't accept "I didn't know" for an answer"Know that the source of the lead plays a serious role in some states and federallyKnow how much of a "profit" pushes the boundaries to invite an investigationYou can be sued by the seller if you don’t do things correctlyYou are automatically at fault if an investigator or attorney or regulator gets involved.
Angelica Byrne
New to this platform. Need advice with Airbnb Arbitrage
5 February 2025 | 15 replies
Zillow blocks them automatically.
Chris Seveney
Home Payments as % of Median Income
2 February 2025 | 14 replies
Also, the rate the fed is always adjusting isn't the mortgage rate only something that influences it.
Josh Ball
Tenant with medical marijuana card. What are my options?
16 January 2025 | 3 replies
That is where the concern would be for me.Yeah, older tenants may think that it automatically makes someone a criminal of something, but I would just explain the card and that it at least, in theory, has a medical purpose, unlike cigarette smoke which kills the smokers and everyone else around.
Ryan Vienneau
Buildium users - how do you handle credit card tracking???
14 January 2025 | 8 replies
I am sorry Mendy, but QuickBooks has a bank feed as you know that brings each credit card transaction in automatically.
Brian Fisher
Pocono Short-Term Rental Disaster - Management, Legal, Insurance?
29 January 2025 | 3 replies
The PM advised a public adjuster assess the damage.
Patricia Andriolo-Bull
Stessa - 179 deductions
10 January 2025 | 12 replies
Quote from @Patricia Andriolo-Bull: Quote from @Dominic Mazzarella: I believe that Stessa isn’t designed to handle all the nuances of depreciation and tax adjustments perfectly.
Andrew Slezak
Section 8 rent increase
28 January 2025 | 9 replies
@Andrew Slezak we're pretty aggressive about rent increases for our clients, but some of them won't approve us to pursue.So, don't automatically blame the PMC!
Jose Martinez
32 Rentals – What’s Next?
27 January 2025 | 8 replies
The bank does still ask for my tax returns each year and with each deal and my adjusted gross income last year was comparative to your stated cash flow from your rentals.