Garrett Pettit
Short term rental refinancing
I need advice. If I were to take out a private money loan for a high performing short term rental triplex, of which I'd live in the poor studio unit and rent out the other multi bedroom units, and then decide to refin...
Kristi Kandel
Affordable Housing - Columbus, OH - Human Trafficking Survivors
An AWESOME project just finished in Columbus, OH. This is exactly the type of public/private partnership our team is working to build across the country. The efforts that projects of this nature take are massive but t...
Eric L.
Google CEO: "Massive deflation", "collapsing home prices" coming
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/3173f19e-5fbc-11e4-8c27-00144feabdc0.htmlA perennial optimist when it comes to technology, he argues that all that will change. Rapid improvements in artificial intelligence, for instanc...
Zulf H.
Is there support for rental tenants to pay rent - Chicago, IL
I have several units in Chicago and tenants are reaching out to me that they are not working and are looking for support. I know this is a tough time and we are in this together. How do I respond to tenants and is the...
Nathan Lilly
The future of appraisals
Hello fellow BP members, I recently was studying for one of my real estate courses in college and ran across a topic on appraisals and it really got me thinking.
It was discussing how modern technology is affecting th...
Ben Gleason
Mentally unstable tenant now M.I.A.
I am sorry I am such an amateur and asking for so much advice. My situation keeps escalating. I have 2 other posts but to summarize:I own a home and rent the lower. My tenant displays erratic behavior, including possi...
Kristi Kandel
Affordable Housing - Columbus, OH - Human Trafficking Survivors
An AWESOME project just finished in Columbus, OH. This is exactly the type of public/private partnership our team is working to build across the country. The efforts that projects of this nature take are massive but t...
Kelsey Rhea
Inherited Tenant with no Lease, can I ask for a security deposit?
My husband and I are in the process of purchasing a duplex where one unit has a tenant who has been there for the entire 17 years the seller has owned the property. Her rent has never increased. She pays no utilities,...
Nathan Lilly
Are real estate agents going to be replaced?
Hello fellow bp members. I recently read an article talking about an app with a flat fee service meant to save on commission and be a better way to purchase homes. I was wondering if technology will replace traditiona...
Gloria Mirza
how do capex effect DTI?
If I do something like replace a roof and depreciate it over 27.5 years, how does that affect my DTI?