Scott Raley
What are your take aways from "The Big Short"
This was a very creative, insightful and tragic movie. I'm interested to learn from those who have seen it, what impact this movie had on them. For myself it is the fact that only one trader was convicted and went to...
Peggy Borgman
New Member, Relocating to Nevada from California
My husband Mark and I are planning to relocate in spring 2016 to the Carson Valley, near Lake Tahoe. I recently sold a day spa in Silicon Valley that I operated for 30 years; I've also concluded 20 years of spa manage...
Joe Buchmann
Multi-family of Single Family in Boise or Spokane?
Originally I was considering starting with a few single family purchases. I'm wondering now if I might be better off doing a multi-family deal first. I know the cashflow can be a bit less overall, and tenant problems ...
Joe Pea
Section 179: buy items one year, sell them the next year, repeat?
Can I take advantage of Section 179 by purchasing something in one year, selling it the next year while buying a new thing the next year, and repeat each year?So for example,buy property for business in 2018, get Sect...
Robert Reyna
BRRRR With a VA Loan
I have devised a plan and need y’alls help to tell me if this is even possible and the obstacles I’m going to run into because I know for a fact I’m gonna run into a lot and this might not even work. I was thinking ab...
Ryan A Rodriguez-Wiggins
12 month owner occupied rule - refinance question
Hi All,
We recently bought an owner occupied two family unit, with 3% down as we were in the process of selling our apartment. The apartment still hasn't closed yet, and we are tired of paying the PMI, so we are refi...
Al Pat
Appliance repairs in rental - who pays?
All these years I have been maintaining all appliance in my rentals though my lease says:"Appliances are in the Residence for the sole convenience of Landlord. They are NOT a part of the Rental Agreement and are speci...
Dean Savarino
Vacation Rentals
Has anyone had success with purchasing vacation rentals on the gulf in Florida? I'm looking to purchase multiple condos on the Gulf in Florida. These units have a onsite management and they market the property for y...
Jim S.
Listing Realtors reply
Hello all. At times I have my realtor ask the listing agent questions about a property. Usually they do not answer all the questions. They seam to think "I don't know" is an acceptable answer. It may take a week to he...
Vlad K.
Property Management Overcharging? Pittsburgh, PA
Hey all,I have a Pittsburgh property being managed by Aegis Property Management. I've been looking at the ledger and it seems like they charge me $95 every time they send someone out for any reason. For example they c...