Victor Lau
Would you sacrifice your kids education to fund your investment?
Hey BP members! Just wanted to pick your brains and see what you would do in this situation. Right now my kid goes to a private school and tuition is pretty high, but what they teach is beyond what other catholic pr...
Ryan Swanson
Which layout would be more attractive??? Is it worth the investme
Current state: Value 240k, 3BR/1.5 BAUpstairs bedrooms are... 1. 10X12 2. 12X12 3. 12x10 A: Add a bedroom downstairs and bath =4BR/2.5BA Total cost = 4kB: Combine the Current Master and Bedroom (See picture below) t...
Shilpa P.
Landlord/ Tenant dispute
Hello, I need your help or pointers to move in the right direction. My tenant is moving out and couple of relatively major issues have been noted. 1) lot of condensation on one window which the tenant has never disclo...
Carl C.
Buying and renting a college house; My First Deal
Hi everyone, I posted some details about this in the deal diaries forum but apparently that wasn't quite the right place so I thought I'd share a little bit here about my first real estate (investment) deal. Back in 2...
Kevin McDonald
How do you do Walkthrough with new tenant of property?
Newbie landlord have my second tenant moving in Saturday. The first rental I had a real estate company find tenant and handle transaction, this one I am doing everything myself. During the walkthrough on the first p...
Christopher Freeman
Applicant's Co-Signer Is Questioning Lease Provision
Howdy all,We use a modified version of the generic lease that comes with @Brandon Turner's [really awesome] Book on Managing Rental Properties. We had to make some changes to conform to New Hampshire state law, but ot...
Eddie Wright
Evaluating townhomes and condos with HOAs when running numbers
Hello everyone!I just moved to Miami just under a month ago, and I'm currently living in Miami Beach (renting). I'm looking to buy my first property using conventional financing (have VA loan as an option or would be ...
Anthony Abdullah
Why use anything but cash on cash return
Hello,Thanks ahead of time for reading and answering. I have a full-time job with a good income and I am a buy and hold REI, using the cash flow to buy more real estate. I will sometimes cash out refi to get cash to...
Sandy S.
NJ Security Deposit - Can tenant demand on day of move-out?
Just received notice that my tenant will be moving out of a rental property. Its been almost 10 years since I’ve had a tenant move, so need a bit of a refresher/guidance.Is a move-out inspection is necessary to do wi...
Scott Choppin
Apartment Financial Underwriting - Part 1 of a 2 Part Series
In a few recent conversations with different folks, it has come up how they are calculating financial performance on multi-family projects. I feel the need to write an article on this, since in many of these conversat...