
29 January 2016 | 4 replies
If one of the people in a conflict can get over their bad selves, admit they might not know everything, and try to understand the other person's perspective, it ends up transforming the conversation, and both people in it.Well done @Austin Hughes!

21 April 2016 | 6 replies
So I was having a conversation with my wife last night about a potential rental property and we came to a fork in the road: If you were going to purchase a unit to rent, and the property needed some light cosmetic work, how far would you go in remodeling the property?

24 April 2016 | 5 replies
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26 April 2016 | 9 replies
For tenants, I don't like that Section 8 tenants don't have the expendable income my other tenants seem to have, and mine tended to duct tape and spray foam everything and not tell you about it, even after extended conversations about calling and not repairing anything themselves.

23 May 2016 | 10 replies
IMO is always pays to be nice, respectful and to always start the conversation out with (who you are, what your doing and then what you want).I am dumbfounded by the statement that title searches conducted prior to a sale do not reveal all outstanding bill/liens/tax/whatever.

4 September 2016 | 17 replies
What I took away from the conversation was that more seasoning might allow them to justify a higher ARV.

18 November 2019 | 50 replies
I document everything, every conversation with a tenant or repair person.
16 February 2016 | 6 replies
The 'fix' is conversion, but that takes a lot of votes in favor of condo termination and a suitor willing to wait if you don't get full buy-in.

15 February 2016 | 31 replies
J Scott opinion also helps with the hard number conversation.

23 February 2016 | 14 replies
May be worth starting a conversation to see if you could do a conditional sale where cost of repair is removed from the purchase price.