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21 January 2025 | 4 replies
(If you are out of state, you may seriously consider using a good property manager because of screening tenants, vandalism, squatting, and various other reasons -- they do protect your investment).
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12 January 2025 | 2 replies
When you’re confident in your numbers, you can negotiate with clarity and avoid being swayed by emotions.Understand the Other Party’s MotivationEvery seller has a reason for selling.
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18 January 2025 | 11 replies
One question that you may not want to post here for legal reasons, is how much are you paying your PMC?
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24 January 2025 | 8 replies
If the applicant comes from the pool of people that I or my tenants know, I use real estate as a way to give back as many of my tenants will not qualify credit wise or may even have a criminal background or would struggle for another reason if I were to just stick to the "background/credit check" criteria.
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12 January 2025 | 1 reply
Was wondering if I could turn one of my spaces into an assisted living multi-tenant facility as it’s in a great area for it and can be changed with a reasonable rehab.
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16 January 2025 | 7 replies
Top 3 reasons owners hire PMCs:1) No time to manage correctly2) No time to learn how to manage correcly: laws, documents, processes, etc.3) They're too nice and need someone to "save them from themselves"A good PMC can usually earn their fees by better managing the property/tenant than the owner, thereby:1) Increasing owners net profit2) Decreasing owner's time commitment, stress, headaches, etc.No matter what though, you should always plan to commit a couple of hours a month to manage your PMC.
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14 January 2025 | 2 replies
A reasonably good source is AVVO.com by zip code and expertise.
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27 January 2025 | 29 replies
No reason stated I had great credit score cash on hand excellent properties.
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18 January 2025 | 3 replies
They agreed to pay in accordance to the lease and failure to manage to the lease is the #1 reason why landlords fail (Source: American Apartment Owners Assn).Cowboy up and stop having the tenant control your ROI.Best.
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19 January 2025 | 51 replies
The only reason I left Cozy is because when it switched to Apartments.com they dropped all commercial rentals.