
19 January 2025 | 10 replies
Quick rundown on text messaging rules Get Permission: You can’t text someone unless they’ve given explicit consent (like through an opt-in form).Opt-Out: Always include an easy way for them to unsubscribe, like "Reply STOP to opt out."

7 January 2025 | 16 replies
Quote from @Martin Streich: If it is in the middle of the contract term, you either have to terminate it and rewrite a contract, including the other tenant or wait until the contract is done and add the new tenant to the contract on the next lease.

26 January 2025 | 6 replies
Secondly, the homeowner would need to cooperate as she would need to submit a bunch of paperwork including income statements, tax returns, etc. for the Short Sale application to show that she is insolvent.

21 January 2025 | 10 replies
The first is that there's no consensus between tax professionals, and the second is that you will not like my personal interpretation.My interpretation is:Until the property is "placed in service" - everything goes into basis.Illustration.You buy a property July 1st.You finish rehab November 1st and put the property on the market.Your tenant moves in January 15th.The property was placed in service November 1st, and it does not matter that the tenant did not move in until the next year.Everything paid between July 1st and November 1st, including interest and utilities, goes into basis.

18 January 2025 | 12 replies
Quote from @Caleb Brown: Someone else asked but what would market rents be including the extra storage?

16 January 2025 | 6 replies
Assume break even cash flow while rented which includes a generous $600/mo repair fund.

21 January 2025 | 8 replies
that we’ve learned in our 24 years, managing almost 700 doors across the Metro Detroit area, including almost 100 S8 leases:Class A Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, 3-5 years for positive cashflow, but you get highest relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% the more recent norm.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 680+ (roughly 5% probability of default), zero evictions in last 7 years.Class B Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, decent amount of relative rent & value appreciation.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, 5% should be applied only if proper research done to support.Tenant Pool: Majority will have FICO scores of 620-680 (around 10% probability of default), some blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 5 yearsClass C Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, high cashflow and at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.

15 January 2025 | 11 replies
We typically pay somewhere in the range of $3500 for a new, basic furnance, including install, if there are no other modifications to the system required.

9 January 2025 | 2 replies
Especially combined with the high interest rates right now.

20 January 2025 | 14 replies
took down 6 walls including a load bearing wall.