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Mobile Homes as buy and hold?
Anyone have experience good/bad with purchasing mobile homes in mobile home parks? How do they cash flow generally? Any problems with the HOA's? How are renovations different in a mobile home than a regular house? ...
Gary Green
Suggestions for saving for first investment property
What kind of account or vehicle would you suggest to start saving down payment money for my first rental property? I want to take advantage of growth if possible, but also want to minimize taxes and fees (penalties). ...
Ramki D.
Clarifying Wear and Tear vs. Tenant Responsibility for Appliance Repairs in CA
Hello fellow landlords,
I hope you're all doing well. I wanted to open up a discussion about an issue I've encountered recently in my California rental property (7 yrs old home), and I'm sure many of you have faced s...
Lois S.
Property Management & Payday rent collection
For those of you who use a PM for your class B or C properties -Would your PM be open to setting up payday payment plans for your tenants?Example: Tenant gets paid SSI or other regular income by the 6th of each month....
John Thedford
Property Tax Bills: Are You Prepared With Reserve Funds?
It is that time again (in FL) that owners receive their property tax bills. I just wrote checks for tens of thousands of dollars. New landlords beware: RE investing is just not as easy as "buy it now" and you are done...
Alain Haug
Are we eligible for convenient loan?
Hello BP, and greetings from Switzerland.Simple question, not so easy background:Will we be eligible for a conventional loan (Freddy Fannie)?Background: my wife and I are currently living in Switzerland. She is US cit...
Marci Stein
Late fee 10 percent of rent ?
About to rent out my newly purchased house. Want to a dad a late fee to the lease . I’ve read some charge 10 percent of rent , plus 10 per every day late . Seems high . Is that typical? What’s your late fee policy , i...
Michael Clanton
First joint venture purchase with SD IRA's
Hi fellow BP members! This is my first posted question, so please bear with me!My dad and I recently used our SD Roth IRA's for the first time to purchase an investment property in SC that we plan to flip. The propert...
Michinori Kaneko
Good Checking and Savings Account
I did some research on checking and savings account. These are for people starting out without forming an LLC, but wants to keep their "business" separate from their personal. If you have an LLC setup, you need to c...
Benjamin Cowles
Cheapest way to buy stamps
probably a silly question but I haven't really shopped for them. I'm assuming the post office but I know the private post offices and grocery stores sell them too. I guess I'm wondering if they'll tack on extra charge...