Marquez Griffin
Househacking. Learn from my Mistakes!
Learn from my experience and mistakes! 1. It is so true that you need to screen the tenants! I was referred tenants by my financial advisor who I trust and is a great individual. However, the people she referred were ...
Justin Klein
Medium term rental house rules
Anyone willing to share their template for house rules? I’m new into this space and looking for some rules to put on my coffee table for guests to review during their stay. I’d update as time goes on but a nice starti...
Anthony Pinto
Posted first AirBnb Listing
It's official folks! After a little over a month, we finally posted our first AirBnb listing in Portsmouth, VA using one of the units in our quadplex. We are open for business starting tomorrow. My wife and I are expe...
Chuck H.
Sewage backed up into house
I thought I'd share what happened to me last night. Get a call from a great tenant (never calls, always pays on time, keeps house spotless). He says water is backing up through the toilet wax ring/flange. It had been ...
Eddie Miller
Suppose this has a leaking roof?
Things you see as a GC in the DFW area... Who needs to use the restroom? lol
John LaVecchia
Vacation Rental Expenses
I understand traditional rentals require vacancy, maintenance, CapEx, property management, taxes, and insurance. Other than utilities, what other expenses should I be aware of before I buy my first STR. Thank you in a...
Brian Christensen
Smokers
I live in Utah. I have a rental and am working with a Prop management company who claim they can't refuse smokers, but can tell them not to smoke on the property. Can I refuse smokers as tenants? Is there somewhere I ...
Justin Dillon
Rental with mold. It is a trailer.
I'm looking to buy a 1980s mobile home. It's owner finance. It had black mold on the floors. This home would be a rental property and I might add it's my first. The question is whether or not I should clean it or just...
Daniel Lehrman
House hacking with AirBnB
What's your opinion on house hacking with AirBnB?
Here's the general idea of what I've experienced as a guest in San Diego and Vancouver.
You stay at property that has a guest house. We retrieve the keys from a lo...
Shoshana Shulman
HOA running a scam....
I bought a rowhouse in the beginning of 2022. I have a great tenant paying market rent on time. I have a horrible HOA. The HOA that was there when I bought the house quickly changed to another HOA, and possibly a thir...