Jim Herbst
Do you carry a home warranty on your rental properties?
To be honest, I'm not even sure if you can carry an annual warranty policy on rentals, but is this an avenue anyone utilizes? The benefits would certainly be to stabilize fluctuations in maintenance costs and to stre...
Tariq Hakeem
Denver eyes turning off natural gas, requiring all-electric new b
Denver eyes turning off natural gas, requiring all-electric new buildings in climate push
Denver wants new construction in a few years to be “net-zero energy” buildings that use only electricity from renewable source...
Jonna Weber
Mysterious "knock" coming from an interior wall
I've had an issue in a condo I manage for a couple of months and after much trial and error, I thought I'd check with BP to see if anyone might have an idea what might be going on. The condo is a newer unit (2004) on...
Brad Smith
Home Warranty...?
A friend told me had his rental covered with a home warranty. Is this worth it? I wonder how responsive they would be.
Cameron O'Connor
Don't pay your down principal early- Keep PMI and Flood Insurance
I’m a number guy. I spend countless hours on excel spreadsheets running ProFormas on every possible situation. I want to know what the BEST possible outcome is, WORST possible, projected actual outcome, forced appreci...
Brian Burke
Offer Accepted: Almost $2 million under appraisal, but can we fu
Offer Accepted: Almost $2 million under appraisal, but can we fund it?I fund most of my deals through some type of pooled investment, whether I raise money on a deal-by-deal basis or through a blind pool fund. It ca...
James Kandasamy
AC cannot cool below 78F
Hi BPers,We have a house that was built in 1984 in Texas. The tenant claims that the AC cannot cool down below 78 F. The outside temperature was around 100 F when they claim this. The AC is running all the time. The A...
Mark Smith
Self Managing
I am brand new to real estate investing (I don't even have a property yet!). I would really like to self manage to save money, and I think I have the ability to. My father and I can take care of plumbing and electri...
Harry Campbell
First time landlord..a/c isn't working, what to do...
I just rented out my condo for the first time(in southern california). I lived there for a couple years and never really used the A/C. When it got really hot, I would turn it on once in a while but it never reall...
Roberta Langford
June county auction, paying cash...any advice pls.
Hi,
I am taking the plunge for first property in TX. I work in the healthcare industry, and I am the driving force on this--hubby is a stock investor. But he is supportive and agrees diversification is good.
We own...