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Listening to experts talk about commercial real estate leases is like listening to someone speaking in code. You understand the individual words, but the terms have some special meaning that is impossible to decipher,...
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I see plenty of Airbnb listings in Jacksonville, but little information on short term rental regulations for the city. Are there regulations (hotel tax?) governing these short term rentals, or any special hoops to jum...
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Does anyone have a postcard that they have tracked and noted that the response rate is better than the others.On most every yellow letter website it is just the same old same old. How are you supposed to build a bra...
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Hi everyone first off very excited to be on here and excited to learn more about real estate investing. My situation is kinda weird as I started out in real estate about 1 year ago, I got into short-term rentals and h...
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Hi, all-- We had an issue with one of our rental properties regarding the brand-new toilet that we installed about 3 months ago. We suspect foreign objects (feminine products, q-tips, makeup remover cloths, etc.) may ...
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Today is my first "decision" day. I am under contract in my feasibility period on my first multi family investment deal. I have another week in my feasibility period but tomorrow is inspection day, so lots of $$ ...
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Hi all,I am located in California and purchased an out of state investment property (condo) in Dallas, Tx in March. My tenant informed me that some homeless people have set up tents in a vacant lot that is located beh...
Hey everyone, my name is Chuck and I recently moved to Emeryville, CA from Philadelphia, PA. I'm originally from the small town of Williamstown, NJ (South Jersey). I work in Corporate Finance in San Francisco after ...
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I am thinking about converting my garage to a studio to rent it out. The one thing I am wondering about is how I can sub-meter PG&E and the water. I can pay for the tenants utilities as long as I am still living i...
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As we already know when you buy and sell property in Philadelphia, there is a transfer tax you have to pay that comes out to about 4.2% of the purchase price of the property. https://beta.phila.gov/services/payments-a...