Landon Moore
New Investor in Phoenix, AZ! - MF Investment Question
31 December 2019 | 4 replies
They're inexpensive 4-plexes relative to other non-hoa buildings across town, but I still find that they cash flow well.
Matt Watson
Transitioning from Section 8
25 April 2019 | 17 replies
(Effective September 30, 2018.)(1) A landlord may not, based on the source of income of an otherwise eligible prospective tenant or current tenant:(a) Refuse to lease or rent any real property to a prospective tenant or current tenant, unless the: (i) Prospective tenant's or current tenant's source of income is conditioned on the real property passing inspection; (ii) written estimate of the cost of improvements necessary to pass inspection is more than one thousand five hundred dollars; and (iii) landlord has not received moneys from the landlord mitigation program account to make the improvements;(b) Expel a prospective tenant or current tenant from any real property;(c) Make any distinction, discrimination, or restriction against a prospective tenant or current tenant in the price, terms, conditions, fees, or privileges relating to the rental, lease, or occupancy of real property or in the furnishing of any facilities or services in connection with the rental, lease, or occupancy of real property;(d) Attempt to discourage the rental or lease of any real property to a prospective tenant or current tenant;(e) Assist, induce, incite, or coerce another person to commit an act or engage in a practice that violates this section;(f) Coerce, intimidate, threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment of, or on account of the person having exercised or enjoyed or having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or enjoyment of, any right granted or protected under this section;(g) Represent to a person that a dwelling unit is not available for inspection or rental when the dwelling unit in fact is available for inspection or rental; or(h) Otherwise make unavailable or deny a dwelling unit to a prospective tenant or current tenant that, but for his or her source of income, would be eligible to rent real property.(2) A landlord may not publish, circulate, issue, or display, or cause to be published, circulated, issued, or displayed, any communication, notice, advertisement, or sign of any kind relating to the rental or lease of real property that indicates a preference, limitation, or requirement based on any source of income.(3) If a landlord requires that a prospective tenant or current tenant have a certain threshold level of income, any source of income in the form of a rent voucher or subsidy must be subtracted from the total of the monthly rent prior to calculating if the income criteria have been met.(4) A person in violation of this section shall be held liable in a civil action up to four and one-half times the monthly rent of the real property at issue, as well as court costs and reasonable attorneys' fees.(5) As used in this section, "source of income" includes benefits or subsidy programs including housing assistance, public assistance, emergency rental assistance, veterans benefits, social security, supplemental security income or other retirement programs, and other programs administered by any federal, state, local, or nonprofit entity.
Jake S.
Condo Complex under contract with HOA?
4 May 2019 | 7 replies
Here are some related MN state statutes which may help with some of your questions: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/515B
Brad Hunter
New Member from Alexandria, VA
5 September 2019 | 13 replies
Still working on the execution, but I'm making progress in a number of areas - education, networking, and building RE related skill-sets.
Joe Shields
Best jumbo mortgage rates. Who, what, and where?
26 April 2019 | 5 replies
Show a big bank your $400k in mutual funds and $300k in stocks and $250k in retirement, also that you don't have a bunch of rentals or self employment or landlord income, and will thus be easy to underwrite, and the big banks will stomp guts relative to anyone else.
Sam Lenderman
New Investor getting started in Tampa, FL
24 April 2019 | 5 replies
A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.Discounts on some products and services are offered to BP members: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t been to it already, you might want to check out the BP blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.
Dan Falcon
BRRRR in Raeford NC with Numbers
5 July 2019 | 12 replies
I find the most important thing when going through the rehab is to make sure you are not over improving the property relative to the other rentals you will be competing against.
Carlos Almeida
New Member from Raleigh, NC
23 April 2019 | 3 replies
A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.
Wayne Smith
[Calc Review] This was my 1st Investment - Did I hit a home run?
24 April 2019 | 10 replies
The property could use some updating but is in relatively good shape all around, and came with a 14 year long tenant on a yearly lease.
Kory Attleson
New Member of BP in West Des Moines
23 April 2019 | 3 replies
A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.Discounts on some products and services are offered to BP members: https://www.biggerpockets.com/perks/proIf you haven’t been to it already, you might want to check out the BP blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.