Kevin Janssen
New Purchase with a Tenant
I'll be closing on my first duplex in about a month and will be inheriting a tenant on the second floor in which I will be occupying the first floor. Currently the tenant is on a month to month lease and getting a br...
Greg Tawes
Vacant Lots and Replacing Older Units
I have a question, I'm looking at a small park in a rural market (maybe 30 lots). There are about 15 vacant lots and 15 with mobile homes. Do you ever have to bring in the homes yourself for spec? Do you buy them a...
William H.
Vinyl vs Wood: windows where when and why
What say the pros? Is there a guideline of when each is used?I've probably installed a hundred well-respected, custom made vinyl windows so far. I have not installed any wood windows. I am an owner who does a lot of ...
Dabvis Le Sutton
First Rental Property
Good Evening BP, I currently have my first rental property under contract we are currently in the underwriting phase. The property is SF 3bed 2bath it was listed at 74,000 we offered 64,000 which is bottom line for th...
Blake Cormier
Self-Employed and Low Prices: Am I going to have to get creative?
Hi all! I'm just getting into REI and I'm looking to get my ducks in a row before just diving in. In doing my research, I've come across some potential snags that I wanted to get your advice on.MY GOALS: Within the ne...
Megan Greathouse
Legally renting to 4 or 5 students?
I'm about to put an offer on a single-family property less than a half mile from a very nice university in St. Louis, MO. It's a clean 5 bed/2 bath house that would be ideal to rent to students. However, St. Louis Cit...
Piper D.
landlord property entry
As a landlord myself (albeit not of many properties and none of them STR) I am curious what you would all do to handle this situation if you or a loved one were in it:My sister is a traveling surgical tech on a contra...
Rick Baggenstoss
How much does your cleaning/turnover cost?
Please share the cost of turnover for those of you who outsource it. For example, I have a 3BR/1BA dedicated house which runs $110 including a couple of loads of laundry. It has four beds. Service doesn't include...
Pete Harper
Investing in Texas NNN
I'm a long term buy and hold investor looking to diversify my portfolio. We currently own 38 doors of small multi-family apartments in Central Texas. As we grow our business I'm looking for options to diversify. We...
Mario Am
when do you decide to repipe?
So I had one of my rental having many leaks issues that we needed to remove the flooring and repipe half of the house plumping (mind you - its concrete slab, such a pain.) while my tenant is occupying it. when I bough...