Mark Forest
Must I have a chimney?
I have a house where the chimney is falling apart and the estimates to take it down and rebuild are over $2K. I just have a furnace and hot water heater exhausting through it. The gas is off. Is there a reason I mu...
Richard Dunklin
Real estate investing (Starting Out)
Hi everyone
I need some advise with getting into real estate. I want to get into Realestate investing, I am tired of the 9 to 5 corporate job. I have been to many seminars on the subject and been watching a lot of...
Curt Davis
Memphis Property Manager Jailed for Bad Rental Properties
http://wreg.com/2015/11/15/property-management-ceo-jailed-for-bad-rental-properties/I sure hope no one has been doing business with this guy. This is why if your an out of state investor and your trying to go with th...
Alex Breshears
Different Loan Term Possibilities in Private Lending
As someone who knows a lot of private lenders, I routinely get to see what the discussions are about and how things may be changing as markets move or regulation changes occur. Recently, I've seen more of a move to th...
Mike Bell
Insurance
Property insurance seems to always be one of my biggest expenses. Most of my properties are replacement cost. The agent says the cost to rebuild is this number. Which is so much higher then I would ever be able to sel...
Polina Goncharova
Meeting my tenants - first time landlord!
Hi BP Folks,One year since I started on BP, I've finally purchased my first Buy and Hold in Chicago Pilsen area. It's a 3 flat and is fully rented, due to my FHA loan guidelines, I will be moving in once one of the le...
Adam Christopher Zaleski
complicated and creative summer living situation
My wife and I currently live in Hawaii. I am a college prof and she is a substitute teacher. We have spent the last two summers in Colorado to be closer to her family (May 7th - August 15th). The last two summers we l...
Jill Terlep
Vacasa vs. Awing vs. Evolve in a smaller market in Northern Michigan
We purchased a 4br-2ba home on Mullett Lake in Northern Michigan and are ready to put it on the STR market. We’ve met with the three companies in the title line and a couple of others. We’re located in a less populate...
Kal Kazak
House broken into, Tenant wants to break lease...
Good afternoon everyone, I have a property that was broken into today according to my tenant. She said the police were at the house. This is a safe area and neighborhood as well. I have not discussed the details of...
Tracy Scott
Common House Hacking Costs
Hello. Can someone please tell me if there is a list of common house hacking start up costs and expenses I should expect?