Mohsin Mazhar
CPA Cost $1200
Hello Everyone,I am looking to get some idea about CPA expenses.I recently switched to a new CPA. They charged me $1200 to file my taxes.I am married with W2 income and 2 rental properties. What are your thoughts abou...
Michael Gee
Trademark a logo?
Hi everyone,
I recently had a friend of mine design a logo for me in my real estate business. I like the logo alot and would like to use it in business cards, marketing letters and contracts as well.
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Eric W.
DFW, Getting started now or wait?
Have about 200k liquid. 110k salary. 1,900 mortgage on current house. Stable job. Been wanting to get into real estate but not sure if it’s a good time to jump in given where housing prices & rates are. Is it the ...
Dominick Johnson
Always get multiple bids
Last week I was reminded why I made it standard practice to always get at least 3 bids for major repairs. The ac in one of our properties had a leak in the line. Both the ac and furnace worked fine but were 30 years o...
Ramiro Rodriguez
Applicant screening (too many kids?)
Hi guys, just started my journey and I have put my first rental on the market. It’s a 3/2 SFH and I have one applicant that has 5 kids. In total there would be 7 people living in the home. If I were to deny this appli...
Chris Heppner
To use a property management company or not?
Hello, I'm wondering if I should use a property management company or not? I'm mainly interested in the aspect of how to acquire and market to tenants. I have the capability to handle the application processes, evict...
Matt Smith
Need Tax professional - W2 employee with 1 LTR and 1 STR
My fiance and I bought our first STR last year and rented on AirBNB/VRBO throughout the year. We are both W2 employees so we should be pretty simple.We bought the STR as a vacation home and do go sometimes ourselves ...
Account Closed
from Residential to Commercial lending best strategy
I own several residential multi families and I will soon have to get more properties through commercial lending, what's the best advice in how to restructure residential properties for example under an LLC altogether ...
Anne Morgan
First Timer - Looking for Bookkeeping advice
Hello!My husband and I plan to start managing a rental property. We are currently under contract on a new primary home. We are keeping our current home as a single family rental. This made the most sense for us with a...
Amy A.
Who do you use for Maine eviction screening?
This post applies to Maine landlords, but may be useful for others as well. For 10 years I used padzilla, also known as tenant-net, for eviction and credit report screening. They did an inspection of my office so th...