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Nick Aderman Inherited a tenant with 2 pit bulls not sure what to do
10 February 2017 | 94 replies
Now, I'm a huge dog/animal lover, and I feel like this topic evokes a wide array of emotional posts, talking about how other dogs bite more, pit bulls are loving dogs, etc.. but at the end of the day, you are the landlord, and it's your butt on the line if something happens.. how much of a pit bull lover will you be with that $3M lawsuit?    
Jalen Chanthaboury Dropped Out of College
25 October 2019 | 58 replies
I plugged the question into the Google machine....apparently the answer is not a lot. 
Jason Golliday what would you do with $20,000?
24 October 2019 | 10 replies
I would plug it into the system I’m working right now and continue to acquire properties.
John Oh Quitting Job to Pursue Real Estate: Documenting my Journey
8 August 2020 | 104 replies
I always read rich dad poor dad when I need a good kick in the butt.
Alex Graebe Buy and Hold Cash Flow in Sacramento
26 October 2017 | 28 replies
I am finding it impossible to find anything on MLS that will cash flow with 20%-30% down. lets looks at a random MLS listing today-$250k-(this is in a C/D neighborhood, and probably a 90k house in 2010/11) 7521 Lemarsh Way, Sacramento, 95822now lets plug in some numbers (using Rentometer's average rent of $1300) Ive ran numbers like this for tons of different properties in Sac for about 8 months now, and nothing exists in Sac for "buy & hold" off MLS. 
George Gammon Dave Ramsey Is Misleading The Public
19 August 2019 | 108 replies
Here's the chart of interest rates I used.I took each time frame of bear and bull market in rates and plugged those into the CAGR calculator (I included dividends and adjusted for inflation). 
Kenny Tan Tenant (long term) acquired dog without asking
30 October 2017 | 13 replies
Am afraid your lease was not descriptive enough and may have a tough time in court.Take this as a lessons learned and start working on improving your lease from the things you are seeing with current tenants and then wait it out if you can, which you seem to indicate you can do.Even with a very tight lease, I paid close to $3000 in evictions not to mention the heartache from tenants that I inherited on my first duplex purchase where I lived on one side and rented the other.I will never again inherit tenants.These ones moved in an extra person a year and a half in, despite lease saying not to, smoked marijuana and cigarettes in house despite lease saying not to and worse, I lived on property so they became very sneaky about how they broke their lease and these was just a nightmare.I hate evictions, but I equally hate bad tenants and tenants that I have not personally screened and that is why I refuse to take on tenants at property purchase.I also always, always do unit inspections.I just did one yesterday and glad I did, which I had initially decided I would not do, but nope, get in there and see how your property is being maintained.My fairly new tenant seems to have an issue with basic housekeeping.There was a smell in the unit, which I still cannot figure out what it is, but brought it to their attention and will be following up, he has a car that leaks oil endlessly on my newly resurfaced concrete driveway and garage flow, has a ring in toilet bowl that is also stained and smelling toilet from lack of cleaning.It pains me to see a unit that I took great care of when I lived in it to see what it is quickly turning into but I am nipping that in the butt right now.Dirty tenants can be a liability to any landlord, but overall tenants will try to test you and see just how vigilant you are and how much they can get away with.I also make notes on what I want to update on my next lease when I run into issues.Pets?
Trevor Aydelott Is it me or does most of these Realtors suck at their job
2 June 2020 | 181 replies
Sometimes you just have to plug away and find people that work well.your network is your networth.  
Jared V. Aspiring Investor from SF Bay Area, looking to relocate.
1 January 2018 | 17 replies
Hey Jared,I’ll plug Portland here.
Chris V. Stockton Rental Market - How much do apartments rent for today.
13 January 2017 | 13 replies
(If you like the post make sure to hit the VOTE button so I know I am not just doing this to keep myself busy:) )Anyway, rehab costs of the interior of a unit range between about $3000 for Carpet & paint, cabinet refinishing and new Formica counter tops.You can easily take it to over 10K if you want to put in tile, replace all cabinets, add stainless appliances, square decora switches and plugs, put in granite counter tops and rebuild the kitchen fluorescent tube box into recessed lighting and put in a new bathroom.