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18 January 2025 | 8 replies
Probably going to be a check.Smart contractors are starting to understand that convenience matters to customers and being able to take different methods of payment can help them collect their money.
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31 January 2025 | 6 replies
Depending on how the water is getting in, there may be cheaper methods for sealing the basement walls from inside.Keep shopping until you find someone trustworthy with solutions.I would also consider going after the first contractor because they robbed you.
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28 January 2025 | 14 replies
Some have used this method to obtain 100% financing.
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20 January 2025 | 3 replies
My method has always been to call every listing that hit 90 days on market in areas that I want to buy.
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4 February 2025 | 2 replies
The concern with the DSCR loan is that I need to make the property present as though it's rented to individuals during appraisal (tough since it's a working rehab facility now) and must create another lease that shows the tenant as personal and not a company.
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13 January 2025 | 6 replies
@Treza Edwards "I am reading the Rental Property Investing book and implementing the method that focuses on cash flow and that strategy states you need to have $300 cash flow per month, per property.
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22 January 2025 | 7 replies
You definitely want to use a thorough screening method like rentprep.com that gets their income, credit, background check, and call at least 3 references (make sure to verify them by address/job and then their name).
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3 February 2025 | 12 replies
If you are open to non-traditional methods of financing, you could use a debt service loan to bypass that requirement.
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19 January 2025 | 1 reply
I’m wondering what all I need to provide my tenants with this year as far as taxes are concerned.
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22 January 2025 | 203 replies
Hard to fault her very methodical informed decision.