Sam Rogers
Charlottesville, VA. Airbnb regulations
I'm thinking about starting an AirBnB business in Charlottesville, VA, but it seems rather hostile to AirBnB hosts. Does anyone have experience working in Charlottesville specifically or other areas with strict regula...
Stacey Hoyt
ADU Costs and Recommendations on a Builder in San Diego
We have a property in San Diego near Balboa Park. We would like to build a permitted ADU. I have been getting pricing and it is twice what I am being told by people in the field. Has the building taken off to such a d...
Ernie Be
Combining businesses for a name
To make a long story short my stepdad and I started a home improvement/property service business in the early 2000s. We eventually still did property services but he took care of some services while I took care of oth...
Bradley Mischke
Decrease rent for longer term?
I got asked if I would decrease the rent for a longer term (two years instead of one). Just wondering how many of you out there would decrease the rent from $1300/month to $1250 for a two year lease instead of one. Af...
Mike Saidi
Appraisal Values
In Houston, Texas sale price for every house in market is about 30% over the appraisal value. Is it still good idea to buy rental property? and If it is should you estimate that the house future value will be raised b...
Nathan Letourneau
LLC filing S-Corp election for taxes
I've operated my business as a straight single member LLC for the last 10+ years. This year (2016) my income was much higher and I figured it might be useful to looking into the S-corp designation with the IRS. Wha...
John C.
Wildwood New Jersey STR
Hello,I'm a LTR investor from Pennsylvania. I'm considering purchasing a 3 bedroom ocean view beach front penthouse in Wildwood NJ to use as a short term rental. The main reason being that my family and I love that ar...
Mike Wallace
tenant broke 2 door handles in 2 days? what would you do?
Just bought a new house from a guy i met. Deal was too good to pass up (maybe this is why). Already had a tenant that was living there. I assumed their lease, 11 months left. It was all legally assumed by me with an a...
Margaret Dreesen
Curious as to what to do as a landlord
I am a newbie at being a landlord. My late husband and I had a small studio on the Chicago Gold Coast. My tenant fell over his own cane and then called 911 in the middle of the night. The fire dept used crowbars to...
Justin Frye
Which is a better starter investment 30k rental or 80-100k?
I've been reading and hearing a lot lately on how it's the quality of houses you buy, not the quantity. Ben lebovich is one who is a firm believer in not buying 30k houses to rent. Is there really a difference in the ...