Brandon Turner
The Government is dropping my rent 10% ... should I let them? (What would YOU do?)
Here is a situation I'd love your feedback on: My first rental property (the Kurt Cobain house) has had a little old lady living there since I moved out 6 years ago. She has been paying $510 pretty much all along. The...
Dean Suzuki
Tenant is requesting to get a cat
Hi,
I have a tenant that has leasing my property for over a year and has been good at making their payments on time (in other words a pretty good tenant). They asked if they could get a cat. We currently ha...
Bryan Hancock
Why Do Investors Ignore Cash Sitting Idle In Their "Return" Calculations?
I have observed that investors consistently IGNORE the fact that their time sits idly in a bank account when they tout their "AROI" on their projects. This is quite puzzling to me and I was wondering why people do it...
Rich Weese
Anyone really interested in construction??
I just replied to a thread and it made me wonder. I'm not on BP very often any more, but I still have a vast experienced history. One thing I haven't seen much is a how to or step by step approach to actually building...
Jeff S.
Section 8 charge what they will pay?
Haven't done a sec 8 for many years and now have an applicant. I just lowered my asking rent. If it is below what sec 8 pays can I ask for the higher amount? After all it is worth more with all the hassles. Would p...
Jonathan Greene
If You Are Asking These Questions About Your STR, You Are Already Failing
There are so many new operators in the STR field now, and the questions about certain things are mind-boggling. STR is a hospitality business first, and a for-profit business second (if you want to succeed). Your gues...
Chuck B.
How do you "harden" your rentals?
Dear Pocketers,
How do you harden / bullet-proof your rentals?
While I've never had anyone utterly trash a rental of mine, I've seen the damage they can do first hand (typically when buying the rental and seeing ...
Jason L.
Home Insurance Rates in Florida Have Gone Parabollic
I got renewal quotes on 2 of my investment properties in Tampa this week. Last year I paid $1475 in premiums for the 2 houses combined, but the quotes this year came in at about $2200. That's about a 40% YoY increase!...
Sunny Burns
Garfield NJ - 12bdrm Quadplex - 1st Home purchase - biting more than we can chew?
So we have a 4 family Citibank REO under contract. It is two detached duplexes(upstairs/downstairs units) on one 5000sqft lot. Each of the 4 units, are 3 bedroom and 1 bath. It is not in a floodzone, two blocks from ...
James Wise
TENANTS FROM HELL #1 Deplorable living conditions. PICS INCLUDED!
TENANTS FROM HELL #1Deplorable living conditions.Running one of the largest rental portfolios in the Cleveland, Ohio area I have managed 1,000's of properties & dealt with countless tenants. In short, I have seen ...