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Caleb Scott Should I buy instead of rent for a 2 year period, and cash out my equity at the end?
17 November 2023 | 20 replies

Me and my girlfriend need to be in town for 2 more years before moving for her masters degree program. We have saved up a down payment living with parents, and are ready to move in. Should we just rent? My family said...

Ralph S. Sometimes, You Feel Like a Jerk
31 May 2011 | 12 replies

I rarely start a thread, but today I had an experience that I just have to share.

A year ago, I thought I'd hit the jackpot. A single mom with two teenagers (15 &16) moved into one of my rentals. She had two ot...

Reed Mollins Mistake lease with $0/mo , can i get my tenant to pay?
27 July 2017 | 51 replies

so, i use an e-payment system, and last summer it generated a $0 lease and sent it to the tenant. That was dumb. But what was worse is that when it came back to my office, my person signed it too! but i'm not done. Af...

Brandon Ribeiro not enough money for closing costs AND down payment...
22 October 2018 | 60 replies

Hey BP, i'm looking to buy my first property and plan on house hacking it. The property is a 3 bed 2 bath in Manayunk going for 229k. It is fully rehabbed and in amazing shape- I know I can get 750 per room bringing t...

Sunny Burns Garfield NJ - 12bdrm Quadplex - 1st Home purchase - biting more than we can chew?
2 February 2017 | 36 replies

So we have a 4 family Citibank REO under contract. It is two detached duplexes(upstairs/downstairs units) on one 5000sqft lot.  Each of the 4 units, are 3 bedroom and 1 bath. It is not in a floodzone, two blocks from ...

Christopher V. First time being a landlord, rate my process
24 June 2020 | 33 replies

Good morning all,I believe I’m finally ready to list my first property today which is a townhouse located in Hoffman Estates, IL (Cook County). I’ll be using Cozy to help me out. I’ve been doing some research using th...

Account Closed How to have "The Talk" with inherited tenants
29 April 2016 | 41 replies

I purchased a fixer duplex with tenants who pay $695/mo ea.  Market is $1300/mo. in that Portland neighborhood. Their rent hasn't been raised since they moved in in 2012, and the units are in varying states of disrepa...

John Jackson Jr Take full years rent from unqualified tenant?
8 August 2021 | 51 replies

I have a prospective tenant that does not meet the criteria of 2x monthly income and a credit score of 650+. He said times were hard and he was out of work but has money saved. He offered to pay a years worth of rent ...

Michael Junior First duplex, paying $5,250 more than asking price .. on market
6 November 2018 | 48 replies

Hey Guys!

So as excited as I am about going under contract for my first house hack investment.. I can’t help but think i May have made a mistake.
It’s a great duplex in a great location- smack in the middle of Two ...