Dan V.
Considerations when raising rent after 1 year of renting
I am considering raising rent. 3 important details I am considering:1) Currently, rent is below market valueProperty is located in a desirable area in South Florida. I gave her lower rent than any other properties in ...
Denis Churchill
Multiple New Construction SFR
Good Day BP, A few years ago I was thinking I was ready to dive in to REI. I didn't have much $ so 2 turnkey houses were looking like that was the road to get started on. I am not an impulse anything. I realized these...
Sam Faas
Insurance increases and what are you doing to cope?
It’s 2024, and I received renewal notices on 2 SFH properties with a 33% and 28% increase respectively, without any claims over the life of the policy period. This is after a double digit percentage increase last yea...
Cristiano Bell
NYC rent stabilized buildings (New York City)
Hi everyone,
I am looking at rent stabilized investments in Manhattan. Does anyone have any insights? Maybe someone who owns an investment property?
I have heard that the new rules are problematic. I am aware of the...
Easton Hill
Measuring Market Saturation?
TLDR; "How does a smart, data-driven investor, measure market saturation?"- - - - - Gone are the days of just buying any property, furnishing it with crappy furniture, listing it with iPhone photos, and making a kill...
Ryan Campbell
Loan questions on SMF properties
I’m trying to sink my teeth in on my first investment property but had an issue trying to secure a loan on a SMF. I’m trying to get pre approved before I shop. My intent is to turn one of the units into my own and ren...
Lance Johnson
Land during economic downturns?
I've been investing in rural vacant land for the past couple of years and am looking at diving in more.That said, I haven't had to live through a downturn 🙃.The big things I've thought of are:1. Sales price of land we...
Jonathan Taylor Smith
Convert a basement into a separate rental unit?
How easy / costly / practical / legal is it to convert an unfinished basement (775 sf) into a 1 or 2 br unit that can be rented separately from the two floors of the townhouse above? There is an HOA with restrictive c...
Antonio Bodley
How risky is using balance transfer checks from business credit card as a source?
How risky is using balance transfer checks from business credit card as a source of funding to invest in cash flowing apartment complexes? If I was to do this, should I already have property lined up ready to invest i...
Rick Bassett
Prospective tenants claiming their landlords are selling
As of late, there seems to be a bumper crop of prospective tenants claiming that their reason for seeking a new rental unit is that their landlord is selling the property. Yet, the number of houses coming on the marke...