Joshua Dorkin
What Are Your 2007 Real Estate Goals?
We're conducting a 2007 real estate goals group writing project for those people who blog about real estate. With that in mind, I thought it would be appropriate to ask our members to set their own real estate goals ...
Nina V.
Section 8-First time landlord and already in trouble! Please help
Hi All,In the process of renting our property, we received many applications. One of them was an aggressive lady on section 8. She assured us she has excellent credit score. My dad who was helping with the process, se...
David Krulac
What does it take to be a top 1% -er.....
http://www.usfunds.com/investor-library/frank-talk/what-does-it-take-to-be-in-the-top-1-percent-not-as-much-as-you-think/#.VJbSI8BE4
Scott Brewster
How would you split a flip?
I am teaming up with a realtor friend and a contractor friend. I will be acting as the private lender for the entire purchase/remodel, the realtor will be our deal finder/seller and be paid commission, and our contrac...
Virginia Jones
Tenant will not stop asking for improvements
I have a tenant that will start a lease on May 1. The house was already in livable condition but I have improved it by installing a new toilet, painting every room, tearing the kitchen down to the studs and installing...
Ashley Benning
My retirement does 6%--Do I drop it like it's hot?
I have about $0 saved up for REI. It all went into the purchase of my primary residence a year ago, and now that I'm stepping up my REI game I'm regretting that. Live and learn.
My down payments with HMLs comes from...
Justin Hennig
For you or not for you: Electronic rent collection
I'm a landlord pondering electronic rent payment... I love automation in business and this seems to be a no-brainer but I understand many landlords have not adopted it. There are lots of options, so it's a littl...
David Jiang
Rental applicant wants a copy of my driver's license?
I'm wondering if anyone here has run into this and if so, how you dealt with it.I'm currently listing a rental as a private landlord and not getting a lot of hits except one applicant with solid scores and income. The...
Jenessa NeSmith
Every STRs worst nightmare...need advice on what to do!
I want to preface this by saying we've been Airbnb hosts for almost 2 years, and this is the first time we have had a huge problem like this. For the past two nights we have had people staying in our basement which i...
Account Closed
A baltimore city landlords thoughts (not mine)
Written by a baltimore city landlord recently....perhaps the funniest thing I've ever read.
Thanks Mary Jo, you raise a wise point. To Chris, Heather and everyone else who was asking about how these turned out, par...