Matt M.
Opinions of no-smoking and no-pets?
I'm really on the wall about this one, because lots of people smoke (eww... absolutely hate it...), and lots of people have pets and refuse to separate from them. And I think not allowing those 2 might narrow my poten...
Jack B.
Would you rent to these room mates or not?
It was slow in February and March finding a tenant for another rental, though I ended up with 5 qualified applicants and filled it before I had any vacancy. Now I have another house vacant for 3 months and almost no ...
Colby Fuller
Accidental land lord
Hi everyone, I became interested in real estate kind of by accident. My mother very unfortunately and unexpectedly past away in April of last year with a mortgage and a HILOC still on her house, the house I grew up i...
Michael Herr
Schedule 30 and Short elbows
Inspected a bathroom remodel today.The guy used 4" thin wall PVC and short turn elbow for the toilet drain.Genova part number 40740I think I'm going to have him rip it out and redo: I think elbow will lead to clogged ...
Jim Cellini
Property Tax Increase Despite Property Value Decrease
Hey just wondering if anyone had any thoughts or similar experiences:
I own a duplex in Logan Square purchased for $609,000 in August 2019. As of May 2021 it was valued at $650,000 according to zillow. My property ta...
Ladan Ballai
Previous Owner didn't include actual lease, only Estoppel...
Title doesn't do much justice, sorry!tl;dr The previous owners were terrible landlord's and lost the lease. During the sale of the house, they "made up" a lease and Estoppel that forgot to mention that they collected ...
Hal Cranmer
Should we keep our powder dry?
It looks like it may be worth holding off on buying any more real estate. Check out what's coming in this article:
http://www.inman.com/news/2009/01/26/banks-unleash-flood-reos
Any thoughts?
Stephanie Yi
If you have 1m, where you would invest and how would you invest?
I often seen discussion in BP that the house price is too high, there will be next crash coming. I am curious what people would do if you have $1m available at this time? Will you hold cash to wait for downturn so you...
Ellie Perlman
Top 5 Highest and Lowest Rent Collection States of April 2020
Some very interesting data to share with you all on April rent collections across the US. One of the factors that particularly caught my attention was the impact of agriculture across several of the markets. In your e...
Matt Liu
Inheriting a Tenant with NO Security Deposit!
What do you do if you inherit a month-to-month tenant with no security deposit? She has been there for three years and is never late on payments so I prefer not to give her notice.
I was thinking I would offer her a y...