Mike M.
Prior Tenant Documentation Retention Period
I'm on my second set of tenants in my first two properties. I have the prior tenants' application, lease, DL's, paystubs, etc... What is everyone's experience with needing to hold on to this information? I can see ...
Mike Franco
Property management not easy to do competently?
With all the complaints about property managers and mgmt companies, you'd think it were a job that can't be easily done competently.As a landlord myself, I know what it takes to manage my own properties, and barely sp...
Michael Calderaro
Important paragraphs to look for in a laundry lease
Greetings Gentle Readers!Important Disclosure: I am not a real estate attorney and I only offer my anecdotal and my 30+ years' work experience in the informational blogs I write. Should any legal question arise from y...
Tyler Mutch
Where are people buying notes today?
Hello All,
I have recently struck up an interest in notes, and heard of FCI exchange, but they appear to no longer be in business. I then ran across paper stac and was wondering if someone had thoughts on them? I ...
Charles Oglesby
If you build it will they come?
I live in CA and everything out here is overpriced. I have found that if I were to purchase the land and then build I might be able to get more value because I can build higher and put more units into the lot. My qu...
Brandon Turner
BiggerPockets Podcast with THE Ken McElroy!
Hey everyone, in case you haven't heard, today on the BiggerPockets Podcast we sat down with real estate investor and author Ken McElroy (Author of two of my favorite real estate books The ABC’s of Real Es...
Jesus Morales
Have the primary markets you invest in changed over time?
I'm curious to know if your perspective on your ideal markets to invest in have changed over time from when you first began investing to present day?
Mohamed Frihi
Can a Bank call the loan?
A question came to my mind.
If I get 30yr fixed mortagage for an investment property (rental), and in this very turbulent economy, say for example the bank is going through tough times, is it possible (in theory at l...
Jason Lee
How are people on instagram achieving financial freedom in 3 years or less via RE?
I feel like I see this everywhere where people on social media are boasting about achieving financial freedom in 2 or 3 years from real estate. Are they just leveraged to the max? I figure most people start out with a...
Bill Gulley
PREDATORY SALES AND LENDING
I recently posted that some lending and sales schemes were predatory.
First, predatory practices does not have a legal definition, generally you will find examples of strategies or activities that are deemed ...