Jake Walroth
Marketing property for rent prior to closing?
Hey all, So I just got my 2nd property under contract and I have a question, some might say, a NEWB question. Anyway, this property is a college rental..and it being May, I'd like to get it rented out for the upcoming...
Jason Emery
Need An Investment Plan
I'm back from a hiatus and trying to formulate a real estate investment plan. Still very new to this but I've been doing a lot of reading in the interim. I have a job currently as a game programmer in Seattle, which...
Jonathan W.
Do you use a collection company for your damage claims?
I notice that apartment companies will sometimes send any money owed immediately to collections although it doesn’t actually go “into collections” for a month or two. Does anyone, especially people in SFH do the same?...
Laura R.
Eviction Moratorium End - How will it impact the RE market?
Hi, I heard that the eviction moratorium is supposed to end January 15. Does anyone know if there is any current plan to extend it again? How do you think the end of the moratorium will impact the market for multifami...
Randall B.
New from Denver, CO
My name is Randy, I am from Denver, Colorado.
I am new to RE investing although I have been participating in a local REIA group for the past year, and filling my mind with as many books/seminars as possible.
I have ...
Michael Olesky
income of 3x the rent question
I have a quick question about the general rule of a possible tenant having an income of 3x's the rent. Does this rule change any depending on number of kids? If rent is 1000, then an income of 3000 seems fine f...
Chad Wilson
Getting off of Memphis cold call lists as an owner?
Hello,
I have owned a SFR in Memphis since May of 2012. I have always received the occasional cold call, but in the past few months it has gotten out of hand to the tune of about 4 or 5 a day with Tuesday and Thursda...
Chris Baxter
Give before you take
I love participating in these forums and have given and received advice, insight, and ideas to/from hundreds of fellow investors. I am less excited, however, about receiving one-sided requests by DM, which happens of...
Andy D.
Investing in the Port Angeles, WA, area - what's the market like?
Dear BP members, been lurking around a while and just registered to be able to also provide some input here and there. I have been a long distance investor (from Europe) for some 7 years now and own 9 units, located i...
Timothy W.
Ummm....can we import this from Switzerland?
I was curious as to some of the facets of Swiss democracy and found this:
"By calling a federal referendum a group of citizens may challenge a law that has been passed by Parliament, if they can gather 50,000 signatu...