Paul Z.
tenant wants inspection delayed by 4 weeks
Hi there.
I live on Ontario, Canada. My tenant, his wife and 12-year-old son have been living in my rental house for 5 months. When I asked him when is best for him for a house inspection, he will be traveling (his f...
Eric Payne
Renewals: Month to Month or make them sign a year lease?
Hey guys, I was just wondering what you do to insentivize tenants to sign a new year lease after their lease is up. My thought is to say that rent will stay the same if they sign a year lease but it is subject to...
Angie W.
What Questions do you ask when calling employers/landlords?
I have what looks to be very good potential renters. They have no evictions or judgments of any kind and on the application state that their income is more than enough to handle the rent and all other expenses.
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Kalimah Jenkins
How to raise rent?
I bought a town home where tenants' rent is way below market. It is a 3/2.5 occupied by three graduate students. They are paying $830, but market is about $1,100. I need some advice about how to raise the rent. Al...
Jeff S.
Investing in stocks to be a millionaire for 22 years. Talk about negative cash flow!
If you can only invest $1,000 every month and have nothing in savings. If he earns a 10% annual rate of return (compounded quarterly) in a portfolio created by a robo advisor, Investor A will need 22 years and seven m...
Thayer Hood
Questions all Property Managers should be prepared for
I know there are a lot of questions a prospective tenant may ask a property manager when viewing a property. Besides the blatant obvious, what are some questions you should always be prepared to hear from someone want...
Joseph Ret
Landlord paying utilities
I have a prospective tenant who wants the landlord to pay utilities and she's pretty adamant about it. This kind of gives a red flag to me but it brought me to this question. Is it possible to put in the lease the max...
Logan Splinter
Pre-Approval for Financing
Hey BP! Thanks in advanced for all the responses! I greatly appreciate everyone's insight and help. It is ultimately going to be a big factor whether or not i am successful or not.I'm looking to get pre-approved for f...
Account Closed
FHA loans /seller's side
What is involved with an FHA loan from the seller's side?
I just got a call from an agent to show my house, her client is using FHA.
What does that mean to me as seller?
The house is listed for $127, 775.
Is it wort...
Bryan P.
Figure out this math...
Trying to figure out if we get screwed on our pension plan.
After 22 years in the system, I will have invested 8% of my income, which is approximately a total of 80,000 by today's dollar value. It is inflation adjus...