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14 October 2021 | 11 replies
But, if have a "normal" salary, I would not recommend this route. 2) The common investor route, buy properties with a mortgage on them.
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10 October 2021 | 1 reply
It seems to be a fairly common practice.
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25 October 2021 | 8 replies
I feel that the insurance topic is a not so commonly discussed topic on the forum so I'm just doing my part to share and hopefully specialists like you will help steer investors away from my type of incidents.
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10 October 2021 | 4 replies
@Brennan Vaughn you made an all-too-common mistake.
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13 October 2021 | 22 replies
In fact this is probably the most common cause of flickering lights, other than bulbs not being screwed in all the way.
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10 October 2021 | 1 reply
Your hard costs start with your $2100 mortgage, but you may have some other costs such as any utilities provided by the municipality (commonly garbage or sewer but sometimes others).
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7 November 2021 | 8 replies
A TIC is a property that you own as a tenant-in-common with other owners.
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13 October 2021 | 59 replies
I don’t find that to be common practice.
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13 October 2021 | 4 replies
You make the all-too-common mistake of assuming a property manager charges 10% to collect rent and brings nothing else of value.
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12 October 2021 | 14 replies
It's way too common for Landlords to get too comfortable and chummy with the renter/handyman.