Bienes Raices
Railroad track near house
At the house I am interested in, there is a brick wall near the house and then the railroad tracks are about 100 feet outside the brick wall. Is this an automatic "no" for a potential rental? (I haven't been there whe...
Allan Pilapil
Month to month? Or 1 year lease
I just purchased my first property and will be looking for tenants to move in. Due to the economic climate and high percentage of people not paying rent, would it be smart to rent by the month or 1 year lease? My conc...
Corey Pascuzzi
Water & sewer bill increasing every month, what to do?
Bought my first rental in Feb this year, 4bd, 2ba. There is a family of 6 in there, so I expected the water & sewer bill to be high. I pay the bill since it is my name, which i believe is required in Ma. The te...
Anthony Cross
Type of Rental Property Insurance
Hi BP. I'm analyzing a few properties for my first investment property purchase, which I plan on renting out to my brother and a few of his friends in a college town. I asked my homeowners insurance carrier for a qu...
Tony Guardado
Buildium, Appfolio, Rent Manager
Any suggestions on Rental Software to manage 75-100 single family homes. Doing everything via Excel today. Need to upgrade.
Farshid Khazaei
In your opinion Is EMD a scam?
I have a deal in Texas that the seller is asking me for money for EMD, and he is firm on this. Do you think I should pay now or not?Thank you for your guidance.
John Anderson
Should I wait until 2023 to build an ADU?
Hi all,Looking to build an ADU behind a single family house in the South Bay. I had a bunch of GCs provide quotes back when money was free in 2021 and lumber prices were through the roof. Decided to pull back because...
Roshan Taheri
Removing tobacco stains from tile
This is my first rental property purchase and we are fixing the place up. Prior tenant smoked so bad that there’s tobacco stains on the floors and light switches and walls. We got the walls covered and the light switc...
Tim Loughrist
Zoning Issues Re: Converting Duplex to Triplex
I own a duplex that has a crumbling foundation. In an ideal world, I'd replace the foundation and, in the process, make it possible to put a third unit in the basement. However, it is only zoned for single family or d...
Jarod Puckett
Prop. Management Software for SFR, New Construction, & Inventory
We own and self manage about 800 single family properties (90% Single Family Homes and 10% multi family), build new construction for rent (no custom builds or for other people; however one of the LLC's holds a general...