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Fair Housing Act - Limiting Number of Residents
I have a small SFR and would like to limit the number people occupying the dwelling. It is 2 bedroom, one bath and a little over 600 square-foot. In the past I have had mostly two person rental agreements and they a...
Jon K.
Renting rooms out where you're living... Advice?
I'm sure most of you would never rent rooms in your own house that you're living in with a roommate, but... I need to. Nice house... quality finishes, though a bit older. I want to minimize damage, and make utilities...
Jason Polykoff
FHA vs. 5% Conventioal
Hi BP!I've been told by two different lenders that the 5% conventional is a better/cheaper route to live-in investments than FHA loans. Can someone confirm or deny? What are the differences? What are the pros and cons...
Gary B.
Video cameras in property
Hello Fellow investors,Can you share your experience of pros and cons for installing video camera on multi-family apartment complex?Property i am taking over has a problem of homeless, outsiders dumping garbage, and v...
Maggie B.
Washington DC House hacking
Hi all, I am new to REI and am very skittish given I live in Washington DC (extremely tenant-friendly). I have heard my share of horror stories including a co-worker who spent 10 months trying to evict a tenant. My hu...
Trevor Turner
How to buy my first property by January
Hello all,
I am fairly new to BP as is evident with my question.
My wife and I are graduating college in December and we want to buy our first rental (duplex most likely). We will probably need an FHA loan in order ...
Zachary Stoll
Does this Deal Make Sense? 4-plex in Albuquerque
Hey there BP Community. I'm a relatively new member. Been mostly creeping the forums, devouring podcasts and running numbers on properties. Probably ran the numbers on 75-100 properties and this is the first to actual...
Cindy Joseph
First time land lord- need advice on rent/income ratio and let fee
I have a middle aged guy with a disabled son (wheelchair) who wants to move in our unit. Rent is 1900 and his gross monthly is 4000. He does have 100k in the bank. Would you consider this remnant? I’m in Melbourne FL ...
Nkechi Jarvis
How do I handle this... Breach of contract to lease my property?
A tenant signed a contract for a long term lease to begin March 10, 2023. The property is a 3 bed, 3.5 bath near downtown Houston. The property was fully furnished as I had it on Airbnb and Furnished Finders, but due ...
Scott Kwiatkowski
Advice on my thought process for starting my real estate process.
I am in the military, and my wife and I will be moving at the end of this year somewhere to the East coast. We will have about 75k saved by that time and in a couple years should be close to around 150k. We are from L...