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Nate McCarthy How to approach landlord about buying their rental?
13 January 2025 | 12 replies
Emphasize how this arrangement could work to their benefit, offering steady income, avoiding a traditional sale process, and giving them the freedom to move forward with their plans such as buying that sailboat and sailing around the world.If they ultimately decide they’re not interested in selling, you’re still in a great position to continue your search and buy your own property in the near future.
Brandon Weis How to Ensure Tenants Get Renter's Insurance
30 December 2024 | 6 replies
In order to encourage tenants to get renter's insurance, we have been contemplating instituting a $50 monthly fee until they provide proof of renter's insurance with the owner listed as an additional insured, but not sure how well that would hold up if we ever had to evict. 
Janine Sharma 1099 or W2 for onsite MHP property manager?
12 January 2025 | 7 replies
Good guy, little forgetful, but I wish we hadn't inherited this arrangement and it is tough to retract it. 
Ashley Shearer Property Mgmt - First Right of Refusal Program for Maintenance?
17 January 2025 | 3 replies
Common problem, no easy answer:(We try to allow our owner clients to arrange their own maintenance, but have learned the hard way there MUST be limitations:1) They can't hire our people!
Erica Dike Design Dilemmas: What's your biggest struggle with designing your vacation rental?
24 January 2025 | 25 replies
We can't quite figure out how to arrange the Ralph Lauren and Gucci sections of the walkin closets.  
Ethan Borshansky Can you 1031 Exchange into capital improvements?
21 January 2025 | 6 replies
The ownership could be changed prior to structuring the parking arrangement, but last-minute changes without time to season the ownership change would significantly increase the risk the transaction could be disallowed as a step transaction under audit.
Troy Parker Renting your first rental to a friend
26 January 2025 | 11 replies
Friendship and business don’t always mix well, so it’s critical to use a solid lease and treat this as a business arrangement.
Isadore Nelson Help Non-Paying Tenant Transition Into Section 8 Eligibility?
3 January 2025 | 14 replies
She’s currently not paying rent, and while she has some health issues and no stable income, she’s been communicative and open to general talks, with a possible option to vacate through a cash-for-keys arrangement, though this might take around six weeks and some hard work.I plan to rehab the property and eventually rent it out, potentially to a Section 8 tenant.
Jimmy Jeter New construction, 75% done. About to run out of money
16 January 2025 | 10 replies
Can you arrange for counters, floors, painting other “basics” without him tacking on his 20%?
Zachary Kessler Strategies for second property
27 December 2024 | 4 replies
I’m getting ready to make my next move in 2025 and I’m contemplating on staying here and buying a multi family property as an investment out of state (only an hour away) which would be a lot less capital and have a lot more land lord friendly laws or buy another multifamily as a primary residence locally and hack that property I’m single and live alone.