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Account Closed Does a college degree help?
4 October 2010 | 24 replies

Does a college degree help? Should I major in Finance or Real Estate? Both? Or is real life experience better for learning how to invest in real estate? My goal is to do this full time. What is the average time span f...

Tony H. Need opinion on selecting tenants
11 October 2022 | 43 replies

Hi there,It’s been a while since I posted here. Sold my duplex 3 years ago and I just recently jump back into landlording.We bought a single home here in Sacramento area and I have a couple tenants who are interested ...

Mark Forest Define "service dog"
6 July 2018 | 27 replies

I have a strict no pet policy, but lately prospective tenants have been saying "but my dog is a service animal." Is there a legal definition in my state of Michigan of a service dog?  I don't think I can even ask a pr...

Katherine Roberts Firewall in between multifamily units
2 December 2023 | 25 replies

I’m sure this is specific to my area, but we just got inspections done for a property we’re about to close on. The house was converted from single family to a duplex. They stripped it down to the studs and rebuilt it,...

Hannah Torrey landlord's illegal entry now wants to evict me
5 May 2008 | 37 replies

My landlord entered my apartment illegally (did not give me 24 hour notice) and found out that I had broken the lease by having a pet, which is forbidden int he lease. He has now geven me 30 days to move out and I don...

Johann Jells What to do about a sanitation summons on a 3 family?
28 July 2018 | 16 replies

So I just received a summon in the mail for an infraction 10 days earlier: the recycling was put out too early in the day. It appears to be for $110.  I could pay it, or go to court and see what happens. I'm sure when...

JR Rivas Avoid single family as a new investor?
4 January 2022 | 75 replies

Hey all!

I’m a relatively new investor & I was talking to some buddies and they basically told me to avoid single family like the plague because if one person leaves you’re at 100% vacancy.

What do you guys thin...

Jason D. My first BRRRR.... From purchase to refinance
3 May 2018 | 70 replies

Hello everyone! I want to chronicle my first BRRRR investment and hope to share a success story with all of you. My main purpose is to help new investors, that are thinking about jumping into real estate investing, ge...

Timothy Church Why are we so focused on occupancy??
30 March 2018 | 24 replies

 In working with investors in a tourism-based market, vacation rentals are a constant discussion. Not only because other people are interested but because I am shifting my personal portfolio to focusing on them as wel...

Sunny Burns Tenant wants Vanity Upgrade - Should I go in 50/50?
12 April 2016 | 46 replies

So my tenant has been asking about upgrading the vanity in her unit. The current Vanity is a small 24" vanity, it's not in bad shape, but I agreed a 30" vanity would be nicer in that space. So far I've told her I migh...