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Rob Anteau How Can I Improve My Welcome Basket Guests?
6 February 2025 | 18 replies
Insurance for sure wouldn’t cover you.Just a thought and I could be completely wrong!
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!
Brad Kremer How to access equity for HELOC on MFR duplex in TX?
27 January 2025 | 3 replies
(gross rents $4900; 8% PM; mortgage+insur+taxes = $3600/mo).
Eli Fazzo Real estate investing in South Carolina: Worth it at 6% property tax?
4 February 2025 | 38 replies
With insurance rates going up, best to find areas with the lowest operating cost.
Tim Silvers Need help interpreting condo landlord policy undergoing repairs
28 January 2025 | 1 reply
The way I interpret the following policy clause is that so long as the property is defined as other than "VACANT" which is the case when the property is being "constructed, altered or repaired", the 30-day time period and vacant status does not apply in this instance: We do not insure any loss at your premises if your dwelling has been vacant for more than 30 consecutive days immediately before the loss and the declaration page indicates an occupancy other than “VACANT“.
Jake Rauch What tools to use for researching markets
26 January 2025 | 2 replies
Property taxes and insurance costs are best obtained through local county websites or reaching out to insurers directly for quotes specific to the area.Tools like BP Pro and Reventure can be helpful for an overview, but it’s a good idea to validate their data against primary sources to ensure accuracy.
Rabya Khan Does anyone have experience with Dr. Chau Ong Beyond BNB Secrets MTR Rental Course?
3 February 2025 | 15 replies
Insurance companies are always looking for MTR that are furnished like ours  never stays vacant more than a week.
Mark Hafner Unit broken into
28 January 2025 | 4 replies
With that they may be able to recoup from their renters insurance (hopefully you require this)  If locks are damaged and the unit isn't secure you would need to take care of that right away.
Anthony Klemm early stage strategy comparisons
10 February 2025 | 16 replies
Deduct NEW property taxes after you buyDeduct home insurance costsDeduct maintenance percentage, typically 10%Deduct vacancy+tenant nonperformance percentage(we recommend 5% for Class A, 10% Class B, 20% Class C, good luck with Class D)Deduct whatever dollar/percentage of cashflow you wantNow, what you have left over is the amount for debt service.Enter it into a mortgage calculator, with current interest rate for an investment property, to determine your maximum mortgage amount.Divide the mortgage amount by either 75% or 80%, depending on the required down payment percentage - this is your tentative price to offer.If the property needs repairs, you'll want to deduct 110%-120% of the estimated repairs from this amount.Be sure to also research the ARV and make sure it's 10-20% higher than your tentative purchase price.As long as the ARV checks out, this is the purchase price to offer.It is probably significantly below the asking price.
Justin R. Who has moved from QBO to Rentastic (or other RE based software)
27 January 2025 | 17 replies
-Will it be robust enough to track additional business expenses that are NOT tied to a single property (IE; Business insurance, Home office, ETC?)