Rod Smith
How to provide a value add to a tenant without losing your shirt
Good morning All,
I have a couple offers pending on multi-family properties and I wanted some advice. If I can land these properties, I am thinking about including water and sewer in the rent. I have seen pro...
Shay Burke
Rent Or Sell My Investment Property
Hello,I purchased a fixer upper a few years ago for around 10K at an auction. I invested about 25K back into it and did most of the work myself and it's appraised at around 65K now. I live in a college town and my fi...
Ryan H.
Paying Down Mortgage with HELOC?
Hello, I'm trying to understand whether paying off my mortgage balance using a HELOC would make sense. I am feeling confused about it, because the terms of each are so different. The mortgage is a long-term, fixed r...
Cody Ford
new to investing, help
Investment Info:
Townhouse buy & hold investment in Dickinson.
Purchase price: $208,000
Cash invested: $8,000
I bought this property with no money down with 4.5 % interest rate. I had my brothe...
Steve Erkens
Late payment lease clause
Hi, I have a tenant that has been late with their rent for the past 8 months. Same game each month: 10 day notice given on the second of the month and then they pay on the 12th. However, they take good care of the p...
Adam Allard
Student Loans: Pay off now or pay off eventually?
Newbie here wanting advice on starting out and getting my personal finance squared away as I prepare myself to enter the world of real estate investing. First, my plan is to get into small multi-family property invest...
Anthony Polk
Should you pay off real estate?
Most of us, ages would acknowledge that it is best to pay off real estate loans ASAP. In fact, that is what we should do with all loans. That is the accepted and conventional wisdom that we have been taught; i.e. to...
Elizabeth O.
cutting grass lawncare richmond va 23225
I got a quote from my property management company for cutting grass/weed wack and blow for 65$ and they want to do it 3x per month. This seems crazy to me. I'm up in Northern Va and pay $40 every two weeks. Surely ...
Heather U.
advice on how much to remodel for a buy and hold
I have paid cash for a $104000 2 bed 1 bath property that needs $20000 in work to get it rent ready. It should rent for $1150 or $1200 a month once finished. After remodel value will be about $130000. My property ...
Bailey Kramer
Charge extra for pets?
Do you charge extra for pets?
I’m curious about what you guys charge for a pet fee (if anything). Or if you have any specific rules around pets I'd love to hear it!
I typically charge $100-$200/pet/stay dependin...