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Grace Norton Help! Need advice - screening my first tenant
27 December 2024 | 9 replies
What if they have collections or judgments?
Torrean Edwards TR, I am an investor from Milwaukee.
27 December 2024 | 27 replies
Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.
Jim Bryant What to Expect at Eviction Hearing
28 December 2024 | 16 replies
The tenant will most likely talk nonsense and show the judge precisely who they are.Send the judgment to a collection agency, along with all supporting documentation.
Alyssa Dinson What has been your experience with out of state investing?
16 January 2025 | 78 replies
You can find higher ROI (on paper) here and probably in other cities…but the probability of actually collecting rent significantly decreases.
Matthew Drouin Good Cause Eviction Law Passed - 3 Things You Need To Know
30 December 2024 | 15 replies
Eviction costs surged and so landlords needed to increase rents to deal with vacancy and collection loss and increase their screening standards.Then the eviction moratorium.  
Eric Miller Better to have one $600k property at 70% LTV, or four $300k properties at 95% LTV?
27 December 2024 | 13 replies
Correct, I need to apologize for keeping my example too simple when most people on here are much more sophisticated in investing than I am.
Andres Lasaga Promissory Note Management
25 December 2024 | 3 replies
Quote from @Andres Lasaga: I am in the process of selling a property to the tenant I have been renting the house for 4 years.I want to outsource the promissory note collections and reportsIt would be only ONE property, for now, any recommendation of a company that can manage the collections and reporting?
Gabe Chase Best Amenity to Add?
30 December 2024 | 13 replies
Hot tub is notorious for collecting bad reviews. 
Jennifer Allen Triple Net Lease - When to pay property taxes
27 December 2024 | 2 replies
After collecting tenant pass-throughs for the year, do you pay the property taxes at the end of the year or the beginning of the next year?
Jonathan Chan How Are You Using your SDIRA?
28 December 2024 | 6 replies
Actually the IRS does not tell us what we can invest in, only what is disallowed (life insurance contracts and collectibles).Allowable investments for SDIRA investing include the following:Residential real estate, including: apartments, single family homes, and duplexesCommercial real estate Undeveloped or raw landREITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts)Real estate notes (mortgages and deeds of trusts)Promissory notes Private limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and C corporationsTax lien certificatesOil and gas investmentsPrivate stock offerings, private placementsJudgments/structured settlementsGold bullion Factoring investments