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Doug McLeod Made a Noob mistake on purchase #8 - saved by wholesaler with high integrity who values our relationship and my business
11 July 2015 | 8 replies
Since we have an established relationship and I have high confidence in the owner of the wholesaler business, I just said "no problem" (big mistake - wholesaler has no real control of the resident - the contract was assigned to ME and I need to protect my interest with appropriate amendments / agreements with the seller and/or resident).On Monday, oops, the guy is still there.  
Max T. I am a LL junkie and I want tenant horror stories!
6 June 2015 | 10 replies
This building was in a very nice area but just a so-so street.Called out national pest control company.
Ken P. Experienced investor looking for advice - how to finance very small purchase & rehab?
3 August 2015 | 5 replies
The total usually comes to around $8k cash to control a unit worth $25k to $30k.In this case though the estate wants to sell the property outright, and it will take ~$6k to update.  
Ana Haynes New member Union City, Nj
22 February 2017 | 38 replies
About a year later we did the same thing with another property, and have now bought a few more.The city has definitely gotten significantly more expensive in the past ~12 months, maybe most notably in the past 6 months, particularly for properties in the 1-3 family range (inventory has also been super low compared to the summer). 4+ family properties are rent controlled, unless you owner occupy a unit (then they're not rent controlled up to 6 families).
Mark Smith Rental Property Calculator
25 August 2015 | 3 replies
I've read a bunch of your posts and listened to a lot of podcasts over the last week (listening to show 61 as I type this).To find the place where I saw three free uses, click on the link below, do a 'Control F' to search the page (or another search function if you are not on a PC), and type in "you can try" and it should take you right to the spot. 
Arthur Banks How do you handle damage found during tenancy?
13 September 2015 | 12 replies
I understand kids are kids and accidents occur but also want to make sure I set a standard with the tenant that she needs to control her children.
Chris Fox Renters Pooling Together to Buy Share of Property
14 March 2017 | 9 replies
I'm not a lawyer and this isn't legal advice just brainstormingIf it is in San Francisco under rent control you would have to do a Tenancy in Common (TIC) but I'm assuming it is in Mountain View or similar which probably wouldn't have that issue.
Federico L. Is the rent for M2M higher than Y2Y?
6 April 2017 | 9 replies
Their false belief is that it controls when tenant will leave.
Adam Detig Ambitious/Hopeful RE Newbie coming to Northwest Indiana
11 May 2017 | 11 replies
I want to safely control my financial future, and I feel real estate is a great way to achieve that goal.
Lesley Resnick Do you like Ramen noodles?
31 May 2017 | 31 replies
"Close drains" when you can, but there will always be "drains".In short, focus on investing for income while controlling unnecessary expenses.