Tony Castronovo
Handy Tenants: Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
I have a new tenant that works for a construction company. He seems pretty laid back and easy going. Has mentioned a few times about him taking care of this and that. For example, he volunteered to hang a spice rac...
Sam C.
New BP Member, Questions and Some Venting!
Started my real estate investing journey less than a year ago, and really enjoying it. Currently have 5 rentals. One rental is under a large PM company and the other 4 with a smaller PM. In one single family rental, w...
Wendell Raboteau
Starting a LLC in a Different State Than I Live
I live in Virginia and want to form an LLC in Nevada. Do you have to form your LLC a certain way to be able to file as an S-Corp?
Jared Mcgrew
Increase rent to market and risk losing good inherited tenant?
We are hoping to purchase a single family rental very soon. The current tenant is an employee of the landlord and has been paying less than half of market rent for the property. There is no lease in place. The tenant ...
Jennifer Castro
Hurricane Shutters
Hi Everyone,
I plan on investing and holding in Miami, where I live. We don't really have hurricanes here. I wanted to know if for rental properties its worth buying the hurricane shutters or should the tenants be ...
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liability issues!!
Just went under contract with my first single family 5 BR row. I have some liability questions that I am really concerned about. Yes, I should have taken care of these issues before hand, but with this being an esta...
George P.
Security deposit - how much is too much?
Would a month's rent for 2 adults living in a property be adequate Security deposit? (I plan on raising deposit by $500 which is 1/3 of month's rent for each addtl adult, such that 2 adults = $1500, 3 adults = $2000 d...
Keith A.
Cash out refinance and entity structure
My brother and I recently purchased a SFH for cash and are doing some rehab on it before we lease it. The property is currently in my name but we are in it 50/50.
We would like to lease it and then do a refi and pul...
Kyle J.
Short sale question - which offer goes to the bank?
I make a lot of offers on short sales because there are so many in my market. In fact, the last house I bought was a short sale.
However, I've recently come across several situations with short sales (all listed on ...
Amy A.
Rejected for Tweeting?
I have a great tenant who wanted her brother to move in with her. He just graduated from high school. So, I googled him and found his twitter account. He talked about being drunk and high and used really vulgar and...