Dev Penna
renting Section 8 property
I plan to buy and qualify a SFH for Section 8 rental. Once the SFH qualifies for Section 8, can I still rent it out to non-Section 8 tenants? In other words, should Section 8 property only accept Section 8 tenant? Tha...
Andrew Cox
Advice on first deal: town home flip with $20k - $40k spread
First post, first possible deal, and I would love any insights. I'm in Minneapolis, where RE isn't cheap, but the market is still very workable. My plan is to fix and flip on this one. My cousin and his wife are desi...
Rae Hoffman
Things You Wish You Knew Before Flipping a Flood House
I'm closing on my first flood house in two days. We purchased the property off-market and we got a good deal. We already have two bids (still deciding), have done the mold inspection, and the numbers work - excited to...
Blake Smith
Wholesaling in high end urban areas
I have been learning a lot about wholesaling in the past few weeks and have decided that I am going to pursue this as my starting strategy in REI. I live in the nicest part of Washington D.C. And the market here has a...
John Teachout
Service animals, are they a pet?
I recently rented a SFR and was told the prospective tenants didn't have any pets. We have a no pet policy for some of our properties and allow some small dogs for others (no cats). This property would have allowed sm...
Luna B.
Postponing rent collection to lower taxes
I need to lower my rental income for this year due to some other income coming in.I know I can prepay certain expenses at the end of the year since I do cash based accounting. Now I am wondering if would work to have ...
Gary Dezoysa
Buying remotely and tolerance for repairs
Hi, I have a question for investors who invest remotely and buy sight unseen with an inspector's report doing the heavy lifting in terms of property condition assessment. Do you focus on properties with little to no r...
Terry Ramsey
Bed bug infestation from former tenant, I've attempted the sprays
Spraying not very effective, all the Orkins and others are extremely high for a Little guy. Any advise on low cost remedies?
Jan Falk
Professional Tenants from Hell- Animal Hoarders
I have been doing this for a long time and these are the worst. Animals hoarders (two with three kids), have done same thing three times in five years, should be a support group for landlords, lawyers, psychiatrist...
Manmath D.
What would you do in this situation ?
I wanted to know what would you do in this case. I have a rental SFR in WV that was primary residence before moving to WA state. Tenants lease expires on April 30, 2020. I had talked to tenants 6 months ago and let th...