Carrie Rude
First Time Setting Rental Rate - Single Family Home Portland, OR
We are landlord newbies listing our very first rental property this week. We are in a time-crunch to get our current residence, a single-family home, under a lease agreement as a contingency to purchase our next resi...
Darish D.
Buying a container of laminate from China
I buy my laminate from Costco ($1.5 per sq ft) and those Chinese flooring vendors 12mm ( $1 sq ft). Since I mostly use the same product, I wanted to know if anyone can explain how I could order a 20 foot container fro...
Aaron Z.
Building a SFR and making it tenant proof?
If you could build a SFR from the ground up to use as a rental for college students what features would you absolutely build into the home or leave out of it? How would you make it long-term low maintenance and low h...
David Walkotten
40-unit - Recommendations on how nice to renovate Kitchens
Just bought a 40-unit garden style apartment complex. Advice on renovating kitchens as we turn occasional units: currently there are 1990s honey oak kitchen cabinets and a standard stainless kitchen sink with regular ...
Genny Li
New toilet options--worth it or not?
So I'm going to be replacing four clogging-prone toilets as I refresh the bathrooms, the first one being over Christmas because one student is leaving after finals and my own kid is actually moving into that room.I've...
Chris Muller
Amenities added to increase bookings/value to guests
HeyLooking for input from other members running their short term rental properties.We are onto a new project where we have a small acreage that is nicely setup.3 bed/2 bath house that can accommodate 8-10 guests3 serv...
David Maldonado
Partnership newbie! ADU investing
Whats up BP community!I have decided to build a detached ADU for my property and will getting funding from a family member as my investor/partner. With this new CA SB 13 the cost for the permit will be cheaper and wil...
John Nachtigall
Syndication vs. Direct Ownership
Hi, I am looking for some opinions.I am about 6 months into my journey in real estate, when I stated I was looking to diversify my portfolio and put about 20% of my wealth in real estate. I have worked hard in my ca...
Anthony Greco
Subject to deal - POA alternatives?
Hi BP,Does anyone have any suggestions or solutions to the following scenario? You close a deal sub2, the lender is a small family owned business and they decide to execute their due on sale clause upon discovery owne...
Tom Plyler
Sub2 & POA
I'm working on a Sub2 deal and have been reading tons of posts here on BP. I know I need a POA but would like an actual example of the specific language some of you use to address the immediate and longer term issues...