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Elio Mariani Holding property in LLC/Corp
25 November 2011 | 27 replies

I plan to buy a rental property with cash from personal assets (stock market) and I plan to have the title held in an s-corp, for liability protection. Is there liability protection value in having the s-corp borrow...

Wendell De Guzman Why Rent to Own Makes Sense For Newbie Investors
9 December 2016 | 45 replies

Rent to Own is great for newbie investors. Here are the reasons why:1. With rent to own, you can buy a property at closer to market value and still make money. The problem in a hot market is that getting good deals is...

Ernesto Hernandez David Greene: Long Distance REI Book Notes
13 December 2023 | 12 replies

Disclaimer, not edited. May be riddled with typos. After all of the other books that i’ve read, this is a great way to cap my months of reading and makes me feel like I have enough “research” to move forward. Enjoy. L...

Nathan Gesner How to combat the growing hatred for Landlords?
15 March 2021 | 129 replies

Below is just one example of the many websites and forums popping up around the country, depicting landlords as greedy, evil monsters. What's most interesting is the growing number of people that believe housing is a ...

Ben Meddeb My first rental disaster
9 June 2015 | 78 replies

my tenant completely trashed my place, deposit will not even cover the junk removal service I called my insurance (USAA) the adjuster showed up and was very helpful : turns out Trashing the place is not covered BUT (b...

Alex R. Question about Turn-key Flip contracts
16 January 2013 | 49 replies

Hello Guys

I am a new member to this forum and new to real estate too. I have a question about the flip projects.

Is that possible (or common) to sign a turnkey agreement with a contractor for the flip? So that they...

Nic S. I'm getting my butt kicked
28 April 2022 | 70 replies

I grossly underestimated maintenance and make ready costs for my KCMO portfolio. Operating costs are through the roof and net income is non-existent in my first year of business. I started with 2 SFH turnkeys which ha...

Diana Teng Should I Buy My First Rental Property Out-of-State If I'm Unable to Scout the Area?
19 February 2025 | 57 replies

Hi all,
I think my question above is pretty direct.
I'm interested to buy my first rental property, and after doing a brief search I see that there are quite a number of places out-of-state (I live in NY state)  tha...

Joshua Dorkin The Top 5 Landlord Mistakes
5 December 2021 | 211 replies

I'm looking to see if we could compile a list of the top 5 mistakes made by landlords. I'll throw out a few and hopefully we can come to some kind of consensus.

Note - to all who participate,...

Roland S. How Poor Americans get Exploited by their Landlords
17 April 2019 | 74 replies

It seems to me that the landlords are providing a service for people that need housing, not exploiting them....https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/how-poor-amer...