Colleen Fincham
Adding value by turning a FROG into a 4th bedroom
Afternoon,My husband and I are living in a 3/2 with a FROG (no door, no closet) currently. Our exit strategy for the house is rent or rent to own, and eventually sell when the time is right. We bought a VA foreclosure...
M Marie M.
Distance Lanlording, gentrification & city ordnances
The basics- I live in DC, I have a rental in Ocala, FL sorta managed by my parents also in that city. When I bought the place the house to the left of it was a vacant tear down shack filled with junk, the house to the...
Kevin Kohler
why do multiple wholesalers have the same property?
I am on several buyers lists so that I can cast a large net to find and analyze properties, and something I notice for the FL market especially is that many of the wholesalers list the same properties. How is this po...
Christopher Zikakis
New to STRs
I'm sure this has been covered but I'm having difficulty finding a few specific answers as I try to map out a strategy. My wife and are are W-2 employees.
The goal is to eventually have a vacation home that my famil...
Andrew Taylor
Rules of Thumb for Land Development Costs?
I'm in the early stages of an investor pitch for a small, niche community in the Houston area. I *know* this is a loaded, hard-to-answer question, but I need some input re: what to estimate for what I would call "lot ...
Sara M.
Security Deposit Charges
I had a rough tenant who finally moved out. It’s been a long 18 months and to no surprise she left the place a mess. We replaced all the upstairs carpet. I only charged her for one room because it smelled heavily of d...
Amine E.
Is a success because No one got hurt: Whole Car in the kitchen
Got a call from the OKC police Department couple of days ago saying that someone crashed into my rental. Can was pulled from Kitchen. Driver has three kids in the car. But no one was injured. Driver was arrested for d...
Kevin Danikowski
How to improve Area from D+ to C-? 60+ Units to work with
I'm looking for methods to improve an area / entire street to create a higher end pocket (particularly in C- / D+ areas).
I have a collection of 4 buildings (still negotiating 3) on a D+ street that I believe some r...
Deanna McCormick
Inherited rental property 50% ownership should I hold or sell ?
I inherited a rental property ( house & 2 bungalows all on same site ) it is free and clear no debts, I own 50% other share is sibling, we have both worked on this property for years together and have no issues m...
Jeffrey Sommer
Philadelphia Renovation Costs
Hi BP!
My husband and I are new investors looking in the Philadelphia area. While we initially were looking for turnkey opportunities, the numbers just don’t add up and we are now looking at renovation projects. We...