Marcus Auerbach
The dark side of a 28 day notice
I am upset with a landlord, who is playing it by the book. And maybe I am taking my job as an agent to personal, but this did cost me some sleep last night. I wrote an offer for a new client last weekend on a very nic...
Elford Stephens
Convincing tenants to use electronica payment
Hi, we are new real estate investors. We just purchased our first property. The tenants are accustomed to paying their rent to the old owner in cash. This will not work for us. We would like them to use some form...
Heidi Green
Save my self the heartache, and get a real estate license! No w
Hello! I just joined this group today, and hoping to find some input on a nagging question I have. Is it really possible to do wholesaling of houses without money out of your pocket, or doing and rehabe work?Like, ju...
Rochelle Duong
Newbie interested in out-of-state Investing
Hello there!I'm currently looking to get my foot in the door regarding investing out of state. I currently live in a very expensive market (Los Angeles, CA), and recently just paid off all my student loans, have a sta...
Chris LeMay
Tenant Backed out 2 hours before handing them the keys?
Need some guidance on this one as this is a first for me. Here is the situation....We purchased a condo on Jan 16th. We found tenants and they have signed a 12 month lease. They were scheduled to move in yesterday ...
James N Beliak
Member since Summer 2023
Hi everyone. My name is James. Besides our home , I own a condominium and some property with other investors. I have done the Rookie Boot Camp which was very beneficial to me and I am now doing the Multi Family Boot ...
Maria Callaghan
Do you avoid HOA properties?
New investor here!Considering purchasing a home that has reasonable HOA dues each month for our first rental property investment, but have heard horror stories of HOAs deciding to not allow rentals, stop investments i...
Will Barnard
Validate the 50% rule
It has been agressively stated here on BP that operating expenses average 50% of gross rents. I have posted many times that while that may be true with some properties, it is not accurate or appropriate to use this pe...
Scott W.
the danger of a 401k loan
I'm sure it's been discussed before but I'd like to tell something I see (correct if I'm wrong):a 401k loan should be among the last resorts for borrowing. reason being is you pay it back AFTER taxes. if you live in ...
Atish Shah
Which city in San Francisco bay area should i start
Hello bay area dwellers,I have been thinking of getting started in real estate by investing in a (MFR) in the bay area. I crunched some numbers to come up with cities that offer highest rent/price ratio (in theory) wh...