Clayton Silva
Hot Topic: Rates don't matter nearly as much as you think they do
Before people get in my DMs or up in arms about how important interest rates are please take a moment to read in its entirety to understand what I mean.As a mortgage broker and banker, I often hear that a client of mi...
Jeff Rabinowitz
Rent is current. Tenant wants to renew. I won't. Am I nuts?
This may be the strangest thing I have ever encountered in my time as a landlord. Here's a little background info: This property is managed by my property manager. It is rented at the highest amount it ever has been. ...
Account Closed
Electrical Outlets - Three Pronged No Ground Wire
Can anyone recommend that safest yet least costly way to deal with the following issue.
It is past time to replace my e...
Steven Maduro
Is the lazy landlord getting too lazy???
Hi everyone It's time for another addition to the Lazy Landlord series. I am currently doing three simultaneous renovations. It probably would have been better to do one at a time . But three simultaneous vacancies...
Zee Ayezain
Replacing leaky sink garbage disposal against code?
Hi there, one of my properties in Washington DC has a leaky garbage disposal. I told the plumber to go check it out and if he can fix it great but if he has to replace it then to just remove it all together and not re...
Aaron Blevins
Can you trust Zillow Zestimates? If not, how to estimate value?
Was talking to a lender friend earlier who said Zillow Zestimates aren't trustworthy at all as they don't factor in REO sales. So aside from performing an actual appraisal or BPO, what are some good rules of thumb for...
Margarita A.
Mental block buying your first property
Wondering if others have had any mental blocks when making offers on their first property or buying their first property in general.What were they and how did you overcome them?
Shannon McLeod
Driving For Dollars Question
Quick question for you guys. When driving for dollars and coming across properties that are vacant but owned by an LLC or a corporation, is it worth trying to research the number of the LLC (I'm told batch tracing com...
Julie Kern
Should I hold firm or negotiate this deal?
We put an offer in on a property yesterday and we're waiting for the seller to "run numbers" and get back to us (tomorrow morning). My plan was to hold firm at our offer price, but now I'm wondering if that's the bes...
Webb Sledge
Establishing Realtor Rapport
I'm meeting with a Realtor in the near future who is focused very much on foreclosures in a market I'm looking to break into. He's an amiable guy, as far as I can tell through emails, and I'd like to establish a rela...