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Howdy,Being investor in Houston/Missouri City area, we love SFH rentals. I also got my interest peaked into owning vacation rental in coastal areas whenever I visit beach. Few years ago, when I visited Galveston I tho...
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Hello all. Looking for tips and/or advice. I'm not an investor as of now but looking to be in the future. Had a friend become a pretty successful investor (which is how I heard about this site.) years ago but I never...
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Hello BP community I'm just starting out on my journey and I am interested in investing in rental properties including vacation rentals. I have read "the book on rental property investing" and a few other books as wel...
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It's been a while since I've been an active investor, mostly because prices where I'm located are a bit out of control (SLC area), but I'm looking to get back into things. My aging parents just recently moved to New B...
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So my father has been a landlord for about 20 years in Detroit, under his wing ive never once heard of a story like this Weve had a tenant in a house for about 5 years now, hes a decent tenant and he loved the house ...
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Joe,
Bad news – Texas has a law that I was not aware of that prohibits wage garnishments. Please see the attached.
I’ve done a little research, and this seems to be a bad law, or at least a bad interpr...
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Can anyone direct me to a good pro con list or advice article? So my wife and I are having a hard time deciding our direction in life. We know we want to invest in some kind of real estate in the next few years. We ke...
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So finally after evicting the tenant I have spent almost $8000 refurbishing the place to get it ready to rent out again. For e.g. all the doors were ripped out and the walls were filled with pen marks. I am going...
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Hello-
I have been looking at getting into STR's for a couple of years now. I looked hard into Nashville in late 2020. Reached out to Realtors and even talked financing with a couple mortgage companies. The thing ...
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Newly acquired property.I knew this renovation was going to be a doozy. Although, I didn't know it was this bad. When I went to clean the place after the previous tenant moved out, I learned real quick how bad it was....