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Alicia Kuluris Partnership After All the Work is Done and Home is Making a profit
2 November 2024 | 22 replies
Cover half the mortgage/utilities/insurance/taxes etc 4.
Ariel Gonzalez Helpful cap rate feedback
1 November 2024 | 0 replies
With that being said, the subject property's PP seems a bit too high but before I go back to the broker to provide my feedback I want to ask anyone here if I'm missing something here.What do you all think?
Robert Loebl Is Casper, WY a solid cash flow market?
31 October 2024 | 6 replies
Now I’m not familiar with the subject area that your question about, but you can get cash flow from day one by paying cash.
Laurieann Frazier-Duarte Landlord responsibilities with rentals
1 November 2024 | 22 replies
In general we cover all utilities including wifi.
Jeffery Bishop Purchasing our Vacation Property in North Myrtle Beach
2 November 2024 | 4 replies
Both can be quite expensive over a year and you want to be very clear on what those are, what they cover, etc before you purchase.
Rochelle Gerber Struggling to find decent hard money
1 November 2024 | 14 replies
Hard money is typically all about the deal, so if you're bringing in 20% for purchase and covering rehab, you’ll need to assess if the deal can still make sense after those upfront costs.One potential workaround is to look for lenders who might offer 100% rehab financing based on the ARV, or you could consider bringing in a partner to cover some of that 20%. 
Mike Harvey Starting with section 8
2 November 2024 | 8 replies
Landlord’s only option to collect funds for damages is to take tenants to court.More and more tenants are only having a portion of their rent covered by S8, so landlords need to still screen S8 applicants for portion they must pay.Landlord cannot charge S8 tenants a portion of shared utilities – which can lead to the infamous tales of tenant retaliation against landlord by blasting heat on high with open windows during winter.S8 caseworker response times can be very slow, as they are usually overworked & underpaid.Again, overall it’s a pretty good deal for a landlord that does some decent screening.Exposing Section 8 Housing | Tenants From hell 243 - YouTubeLiberals Blame this Eviction on Landlord Despite the Before & After Footage | Tenants From Hell 241 - YouTubeMy first Baltimore buy & hold investment - SOLD (Lessons learned) (biggerpockets.com)Besides MANY self-labeled "gurus" exaggerating their success, many of them just supply readily available info.If you're too busy to find the info and are willing to pay for it, no problem as you accept their time vs money solution.REGARDING S8 GURU ISSUES SPECIFICALLYMost of them don't share all the facts about how Section 8 actually works.They claim you can get HIGHER rent from S8 tenants vs private-paying tenants.Why would the government allow our tax dollars to be spent this way?
Beruk Lessanework New Member Intro
1 November 2024 | 8 replies
Can try to reposition to Class B, but neighborhood may impede these efforts.Vacancy Est: Historically 10%, but 15-20% should be used to also cover tenant nonpayment, eviction costs & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores of 560-620 (approaching 22% probability of default), many blemishes, but should have no evictions in last 2 years.
Mitchell Petrosky New to Bigger Pockets // Eager to get started investing // Need more connections
4 November 2024 | 12 replies
We have a great event at A and N Mortgage tonight and also tomorrow night that will cover a lot of these topics, you should go to it!
Darrell Kirby How long to retain an Agent
31 October 2024 | 7 replies
However, before you switch agents, I recommend you gather up a bit more information.You should request recent comparable sales data that will help determine whether the problem is a "slow market" or an incompetent and ineffective agent.Has anything sold near the subject property in the last 190 days?