Gordon Starr
Should I hire my own kids to work for me?
Hey everyone,I am a sole proprietor with a steadily expanding buy and hold portfolio. My kids are age 8 (son) and 10 (daughter). As a single dad with sole custody, the kids have always tagged along in some way - somet...
Brian Kraft
What to Do--Brand New Tenant Wants Out for Medical Reasons
With the lease starting today, I have a tenant who contacted me yesterday saying she was just diagnosed with "a virus" and needs to get out of the lease. She says she probably needs to take leave without pay from work...
Xela Batchelder
Property Management - When and how do they charge their % ?
I have my first property manager for one unit. This is the second month this tenant has been in there, and he hasn't paid yet 21st of the month. However, it is normal for the Property Management Company to charge th...
Bennie Leija
Some Appraisals are unqualified and do evaluate properly
I am a builder investor out of the Houston area. We went out and pulled two appraisals, one by me and didn’t share in the beginning because I didn’t want my appraisal to be bias. The clients bank (buyer) went out and ...
Patt Mi
Rookie in Lynchburg VA
Evening, all! I am a newcomer from Lynchburg, VA looking to absorb as much information as possible. My wife and I currently own 1 rental "duplex" (main floor and basement) which was the first house we lived in. We hou...
Kayla Brown
New agent; How do you get buyers after signing a contract?
I almost have my license and I've been doing hours upon hours of research on what to do as an agent to get contracts signed. Everything I'm watching and reading is great but it's all related to closing deals with sell...
Andrew M.
Does Detroit deserve a second look
I just read a story that Ford is investing $350M in Michigan plants. Is Detroit making a comeback? Good time to buy up some cheaper properties?
Eric La Pratt
Tenant did not sign mold disclosure, requesting under fridge looked at
So I received this message from a current tenant who is re-signing a 12 month lease:Attached is the signed lease. I have excluded the mold disclosure form. We would like underneath the fridge looked at to make sure th...
Kirk Berryman
5 days from closing to rented (with rehab)
I'm stoked about my recent success - closing on my third rental property and getting it rehabbed and rented in less than 5 days.I closed on Friday afternoon and immediately went to work. I pulled 16 hours a day for t...
Account Closed
nervous about first rental!
Ok here is the situation I close on my first house ever on Thursday and I am nervous as to how to handle this situation. I have a tenant upstairs who has been there for 4 years and is on a month to month lease, so bas...