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Any tips when it comes to buying a house that has been smoked in? Red flags? Unaccounted for expenses? Negotiation tips?Thanks in advance.
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Hi everyone,
How does everyone handle pets in their rentals. Currently in PA. pet deposits, non refundable pet fees, or pet rent? why or why not? and what are the fees you use for dog, cat, rabbit, ginea pig?
I'm ...
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View reportHey guys,Any kind of feedback on this deal would be greatly appreciated! Thanks,
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Hey all,
I am preparing my home for an appraisal. Looking to open a HELOC to fund my continuing real estate adventure, and the higher we go, the more I will be able to do to expand the business..
So, I was wonderin...
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This has been asked before, but I want to ask the question with a bit of a spin. 1-What is your favorite improvement you like to make to your properties to increase rent you can collect? (Made up example: I like to in...
1. Tenant signed a 1 year lease, with a Move-In form with pictures; and the pictures showed the house with no insects. 2. A few days later, the tenant says there's trash and mice droppings in the kitchen cabinets. 3. ...
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I spent some time looking on the forums how to get rid of the pot smell in my rental. A lot of people claim it goes away pretty easily. That was not my experience, but then my tenant turned out to be a dealer (and con...
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I everyone! I am looking at purchasing my first rental property. A single family 2 bed 1 bath with an unfinished basement. This is an off market deal that the seller is still "working" on to make marketable. He had th...
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Good afternoon BiggerPockets,About a week ago, a lady who works in my office approaches me and says that she heard that I buy real estate (awesome that someone I hadn't even approached heard about me). She then tells ...
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I’m currently under contract for a two family property in a south Buffalo, NY neighborhood. The property is livable, but my thoughts are to renovate the units to be comparable to that of a rental in the more demand ne...