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Mayank Jain Inconsistencies across Mortgage lender processes for pre-approvals
21 February 2025 | 9 replies
Is your home insurance going to be $1200/year or $6,000/year. 
Jason Sung Water leak at a bathroom and insurance claim (Safeco)
15 January 2025 | 6 replies
Insurance typically covers only the directly damaged area, not undamaged flooring, even if it's continuous.
Charlotte Wilson Calculating 1% Rule
22 February 2025 | 6 replies
Like any tool, you have to know how to use it correctly or you could get, "injured".We use it to quickly sift through multiple options - and that's about it.BP has a Rental Calculator that includeds everything you are asking about: mortgage P&I, property taqxes, home insurance and percentage for maintenance & vacancy.It also includes Cap-Ex percentage, but in our experience it's a waste of time to worry about this.
Drew Sygit A Logical Way to Understand & Monitor Your PMC's Maintenance Charges!
26 January 2025 | 2 replies
- Controlling costs for payroll processing, unemployment charges, workman's comp and liability insurance- Coordinating ServiceTech & tenant schedules for appointments--- There are several industry vendors that focus on just this!
Josiah Jno-Lewis HELP! Issue with address for Duplex.
20 February 2025 | 1 reply
Other possible issues I may encounter with the address is with my home insurance, car insurance, and if the FHA does a check to see if I'm residing at the property. 
Alex Tang When deciding to demolition a damaged home, is it better to keep the slab?
25 February 2025 | 4 replies
I am going to demolition the home rather than rebuild it because the costs is well above my insurance settlement. 
Jamie Lynge NW Arkansas Rookie
19 February 2025 | 11 replies
Quote from @Jamie Lynge: I am a Medicare insurance agent living in NW Arkansas.
Bennie Smith Are You Financially Prepared to Rent Out Your Home? Here’s How to Know
19 February 2025 | 1 reply
Cash Reserves & Emergency Fund✅ Have 3-6 months’ worth of expenses (mortgage, insurance, taxes, and maintenance) saved.✅ Keep an emergency fund for unexpected repairs and vacancies.2.
Paul Novak Single Family Buy & Hold Analysis
17 February 2025 | 3 replies
Also, at this time I had seen properties selling for 10 – 20% over ask regularly.Interest Rate 30 year conventional 7%Homeowners Insurance = $1,000 annuallyRents = $1,800 per monthWhen I looked at those assumptions, I would need to put down $80,000 on this house to get it to hit my cashflow goal of $500 minimum per month which equates to 35% down.Total mortgage + escrow = $1,267.13 per month with rents at $1,800 my monthly cashflow is $532.87.From my experience, after taking out vacancy and maintenance costs you are left with around 73% of that total cashflow number once the rental is established.People have asked why a $500 per month cashflow goal.
Adam Meckler How to Raise Rents?
24 February 2025 | 1 reply
If the condition is similar to the market average but your rent is severely under market rate then I take an average between the current rent and the market rent and send them the following message 2 months before their lease is up (assuming you aren't in a rent control market),Dear Tenant,Some nice words and remind them that their lease is up within 2 months, please select the following options about their new lease, also mention that you are doing the best you can to maintain the rent as low as possible but with inflation, insurance and property taxes increasing, you have to raise the rent to keep up with the rising expenses. 1.