John A.
Separating Gas Lines For Tenants To Pay?
I'm looking to purchase an 18-unit apartment building. I am trying to find ways to reduce my gas bill. Can I split the gas lines and have my tenants pay it? How would this procedure work and would I really need a boil...
Jean-Marie Poth
Turbo Tax Deluxe or CPA?
I have always had an easy time with Turbo Tax This past year, I bought my first rental and now it is TAX TIME!!! I'm wondering if I should use a cpa or continue with Turbo Tax Deluxe? The questions are very straigh...
Adrian Chu
Buy sheds from Costco/Home Depot/etc and rent them out?
Random idea. Has anyone tried buying sheds from Costco/Home Depot/etc and then renting them out as storage units?
Pablo Cuevas
House Hacking Next Steps
Good Morning BP,
So a few month ago I had posted about how I wanted to house hack and needed some input on whether my goal and timeline were realistic. Now, a few months down, I have spoken to a few lenders, and it s...
Jay Wu
Better lenders in Rochester NY?
Hello BP, my partners and I are currently under contract to buy our first investment property (duplex) in Rochester NY. We’re putting 20-25% down on this $130k property. Our current lender came back and told us our ra...
Kristen Silver
Allowances
Hey guys!! I am currently in the process of building a custom home for 320k in Raleigh,NC.The sq ft of the home is 1975 and with the add on of a bonus the total is 2343 and also a screened in porch 18x12.It's a cape c...
Stephen Rager
Questions for property managers
Does anyone have links to articles about interviewing property managers? Or is there a list of 10 questions for them? I'll be somewhat hands off with my properties. Setting the foundation for the parts of our business...
Jon Blackburn
How do you raise section 8 rents?
Hi folks, I just purchased a 5 unit mfh, with rents well below market. One of the tenants just qualified for section 8 assistance, and was asking me if I could start accepting it. I’ve been reading up on the rules, an...
Amy Xu
Anyone has experience in building a house with plan from website?
I am building a house on the lot. I wanted to use the architect but learned that it costs a lot of money. I'm thinking of building a house with the house plan from website. Did anyone have experience with this? Is the...
Rich Zellmer
Best ePayment / ACH service for Weekly rentals
Can anyone recommend a good service for invoicing tenants for weekly vacation rentals and allowing them to pay via check. The reason I mention that these are weekly rentals where my friend doesnt need a tenant manag...