Dear Pocketers,

How do you harden / bullet-proof your rentals?

While I've never had anyone utterly trash a rental of mine, I've seen the damage they can do first hand (typically when buying the rental and seeing ...

If tomorrow you suddenly had around $300,000 cash, would you:Try to purchase several $50,000 homes and rent them out?Purchase a couple $100,000 homes and rent them?Buy fix and flips and rentals using the banks money?I...

We put an offer on the house which has a pool. The offer was accepted. Home inspection was done and the seller agreed to fix few basic things. Septic inspection failed and the seller agreed to fix that. The pool inspe...

For the past 10 months, my goal has been to wholesale to cover expenses of education and marketing, and to save up the capital to have a down payment for a fourplex. I'm getting impatient now because I'm getting a ve...

Hi everyone,I had a conversation with a lender agent today which started out discussing a refi but ended in looking to sell. I’m curious on a few more inputs from all of you. The question is do you guys think the ho...

This is not my first time finding out that a property I had UC had too many deferred conditions. But it's the first time I'm not getting my earnest money back.The sellers accused me of acting in bad faith. However, th...

What are some red flags to watch for when interviewing Property Managers?

This Tuesday I have a 1 year walk through with a Tenant of mine. She lives in a nice SFH with some of her friends and has been a great tenant in terms of paying the rent right on time and dealing with a couple minor m...

Hey all,I purchased my first rental property May of last year that is a 3-unit student rental. I found a property manager through the attorney I worked with in the area who claimed he uses him on his own properties an...