Will Gaston
Emotional Support Animal...that's a Pit Bull Mix
All:
I've got a well qualified tenant that I would love have...except she has an ESA that happens to be a pit bull mix. I'm fine with the ESA but I think my insurance won't be fine with the dog.
Waiting to hear back...
Brian Washburn
To Carpet or Not to Carpet. That is the Question.
I just bought my first rental in Omaha, NE. It's a 3BR 1BA with 1900sqft. I'm putting about $6k into renovations, including rebuilding the bathroom from scratch and new kitchen vinyl floors. The house has about 1000s...
Frank Patalano
So what's holding you back?
When I help new investors with buying their first property I often want to know what is holding them back from pulling the trigger.So I'll ask here. What is holding you back?
Larry Turowski
How do you handle the stress?
The latest one for me is my rehab contractor disappearing for 5 days. He finally returned my calls today and said a family member out of state had tree fall on their roof. He went to help fix it.But I find I stress ...
Gabe G.
Repairs, where do you draw the line?
I am sure everybody has encountered the nit picky tenant. They may be a good paying tenant, but they annoy you to death with every little thing wrong in the home.Obviously I pride myself on getting real repairs, repai...
Nat C.
Moral dilemma on raising rent
I'm in a crux about what to do on 2 rentals. I've never raised the rent on both properties since the tenants moved in. One tenant has been there 5 years and the other nearly 7 years.I would like to start with a prelud...
Sharon Vornholt
Probate Leads
In my city, our probate leads are published in the newspaper at the same time each month. I am finding that even in some big cities, folks are still having to trek down to the courthouse.
I was wondering, where all o...
Nathan Gesner
How dirty will you let your Tenant be?
We all have different cleaning standards, but some people are just filthy! Below are images from an actual apartment that's been occupied by the same tenant for almost 30 years. He pays 15% below market rate but has n...
Rachel Ararasato
New investor in Hawaii
Aloha all I am trying to learn more about real estate. I live in Hawaii and with the economy here it feels impossible to buy and turn a profit in this market. Has anyone had any success? Please share your story
Nicholas W.
This BRRRR thing really does work, with pictures
First a little bit of background on the house: it is a 3 bed 1.5 bath cape cod, in an older neighborhood of a class A suburb outside of Milwaukee. It was listed on the MLS, had been bank owned for about 5 years and wa...