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Michelle Hardy Where do you keep your tenants security deposits?
6 February 2025 | 4 replies
At the end of the lease term, it's a simple as printing that spreadsheet so it shows all itemized deductions from the security deposit.
Katie Roche Rent to Retirement...Proceed with Caution
19 February 2025 | 4 replies
We closed and the Dundee property was listed for rent late August.105 days of vacancy, three rent reductions, and two PM teams later, I’m stuck with an unrented property that, once rented, will cash flow negative each month (and that’s excluding the cost of the 100+ days of vacancy).I later learned that the initial PM team I was paired with actually did not have any experience with RTR.
Christopher Heidrich Stuck in analysis paralysis and in the military
30 January 2025 | 7 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.
Jordan N Hansen First Multi-Family Property - Ankeny, Iowa
5 February 2025 | 0 replies
A partner and I began searching, and after coming up empty for 6 months, we were sent this deal by a close friend and ended up closing a month later.
Guang Yang pricing manager and synching system recommendation
9 February 2025 | 8 replies
I have no personal experience with them but they are the only company I know of that are built more for self managers and small portfolios. 
Noah McPherson Long Winter Vacancies
22 January 2025 | 12 replies
However, it happens sometimes that the lease ends in winter and we have a vacany.
Nick M. Scam/fake inquiry of vrbo property ??
31 January 2025 | 26 replies
It's likely a scam anytime they sound like AI or the grammar is weird or they use the word "kindly", if they ask for you to respond to them off-platform, if they say their employer will pay for it, if they ask if the dates they've specified are still open (when they can clearly see they are open on your calendar), if they ask for a video of your property (they probably want to set up a duplicate listing with your photos and video and scam others out of money), or if they want a long term booking and they have just joined the platform and have no reviews (could have been evicted from somewhere else, and hope a newbie will let them in with no background check, they'll end up not paying or credit card is bad).  
Ian L. Real Estate Portfolio Analysis
21 January 2025 | 5 replies
Then, if you like some of the comments from a user, you can connect with them directly and perhaps do a 1:1 discussion and potentially discuss what you want to do in the future.
Dibyendu Mukherjee Mortgage Tech User Research
12 January 2025 | 0 replies

Hello,I am a Software Engineer and a Real Estate Investor working on a tech product for the real estate mortgage brokers. I would love to chat with someone who is a mortgage broker to understand your day to day workfl...

Annwar Matani How do Hard Money Loans work?
8 February 2025 | 18 replies
They are going to finance you based on your loan to value, experience, and liquidity.