Mindy Bowden
Insurance for water line
I got an offer from a utility company for one of my rental properties to purchase insurance for the exterior water line service for $4.95/month. Is it worth it or am I better off just saving that money? What is the li...
Matthew Croft
House hacking to commute to DC. Frustrated at current situation
Hi,I moved to DC because I recently graduated college and got a job here as a Software Engineer. I live in Arlington, VA and pay about 2000 a month in rent. After reading books and learning about real estate from BP I...
Paul Gimbel
investment question(s)
Okay BP here we go. I’m going to put this out there from the beginning. As you read this post understand that I'm at the stage before the beginner. I think that's either still in the womb or inside the egg...
Paul Sandhu
Catching someone breaking into your vacant furnished rental?
2 months ago someone broke into one of our furnished rental houses and was living in there, for 2-3 days judging by the trash in the can. Utilities, cable and wifi are always on. They were also stealing bicycles and g...
Matthew Von Dwingelo
Flip Got Broken Into - Any Suggestions?
Welp... Just got some terrible news. At around 12:00 noon our flip here in Atlanta got broken into. They stole all the tools we had inside the property - but thankfully they didn't steal our appliances. We have a simp...
Sam Scott
Is a refinace worth it?
First mortgage, 230k, 5.125, ARM (40 year, about 14 years in), just reset in July (locked in may/June), up from 5%2nd, HEL: 40k @ 3.75% (2 years into 10 year)Property value, 300kSo that puts me right around 90% CLTV. ...
Jenny Sung
Tenant is Trying to Break Lease - Advice/Insight
Hi I need some advice/insight regarding a property in the Greater Houston area with a Section 8 tenant.I'm almost 100% sure that the tenant is planning to break the lease. We had some pending maintenance items and we ...
Dylan Lersch
Landlord wants money from a month they didnt collect from.
Hello, First post here and it's a personal one from a place I was renting from. I moved out early from my lease because I bought a house and I paid the lease break fee and was prepared to pay the 2 months notice I was...
Susan O.
Charging for garage fee to a tenant in rent controlled LA
In a rent controlled area like LA could you charge a garage or parking fee later. They've lease for 5 years with no fee. But we did not ever agree to rent them the garage which they took possession of a few years wi...
Mike Troyke
getting points on a loan
When you get points on a loan what you are essentially doing is just paying interest in order to get a lower interest rate and not actually putting money into the house, correct? To me it would seem dumb to do this be...