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Kaye Williams My Section 8 neighbors are drug dealers and robbers help with advice.
17 October 2023 | 39 replies

My family and I live next door to section 8 tenants who are a nightmare. I have pictures of them selling drugs and smoking marijuana. I've filed reports through the police no action was fully taken. My car was broken ...

Jeffrey Duck Accepting a tenant with an eviction
9 March 2018 | 66 replies

I'm looking for my first tenants right now and had come to the conclusion that I wouldn't take ANYONE with an eviction, but I may break my own new rule.I've also decided that I want long term tenants and I'm not going...

Account Closed We Are Only One Decision From a Totally Different Life
4 October 2016 | 69 replies

I was driving home from a party yesterday afternoon and saw a truck with a big American flag driving on the freeway. I asked my wife what's the occasion? She said September 11. She reminded me that I've been off my W2...

Elizabeth Garcia is receiving monthly rent in cash bad?
27 December 2017 | 43 replies

I just finished watching the webinar, "How to Buy Your First Duplex, Triplex, and Fourplex!" in which Brandon comments that collecting the rent in cash was "stupid." Can anyone enlighten me on why collecting the rent ...

Albert Ng Which tenant would you pick?
3 October 2015 | 31 replies

I have just finished remodeling a SFH rental property in San Jose area. My goal is to rent  it out long term. I have 2 top prospective tenants (the rest are screened out).#1: Section 8 tenant approved for 5 rooms. Mex...

Sam M. Practicing real estate without a license???
9 July 2010 | 21 replies

I think this topic deserves its own thread. This might turn out to be a hard read because I copied and pasted quotes from another thread.

Bill and I started a discussion at the end of another thread with regard to...

Rob K. Anyone ever get an unexpected (or undeserved) windfall on a real estate transaction?
26 February 2013 | 16 replies

Just curious if anyone has had something similar happen.

Years ago, I purchased a foreclosure from a bank. It was a weird closing that took place at this creepy lawyer's office. When I got there, he wanted me to clos...

Zachary Inman Crypto and Real Estate
19 July 2022 | 31 replies

Large crypto lender Celsius filed for bankruptcy. This is huge news and a major blow to crypto. All investors, real estate or otherwise, of any experience level have something to learn from this.A massive crypto inves...

Rachelle Richardson Advice for First Rental Property
5 February 2023 | 10 replies

Hello! We are looking at properties that already have tenants. I am wondering how that process works (lease, rules etc. that are already in place from previous owner). Do we write a new lease and have them sign? Do we...

Steven Groshong No Applications, Rental Property
12 August 2019 | 26 replies

Hi all,
I recently made the jump to being a landlord and I'm having some trouble getting off the ground with tenants.As of today, the house has been on the market for 43 days and I've reduced the rent from 2800 to 25...