Estrella Carolina Mckinney
What features do you look for in a property to make it a short-term rental?
For me one of the most important characteristics is the location, trying to make sure that it is a place frequented by tourists or travelers passing through, and that it has attractive places nearby.
And what do you ...
Lissa Harre
Advice on living in basement and renting main areas
I own a 5 bedroom 3&1/2 bath house with a finished basement. I’m hoping to live in the basement and rent out the top 2 floors. How should I split utilities, HOA, ect?Can I limit the rental to not include the backy...
Rick Carter
follow up on Prosource workshops
As in some previous posts, I too attended the 3 day workshop with Prosource. I found it be be very informative. As previously mentioned, there is an up sell. Here is the thing that is not mentioned and I'd like to get...
DeRon Johnson
Utitities and the Wifi Bandit
I think this is my second post? :-) I have a SFH that I'll be renting in October. Already have a PM lined up, but had some questions that I didn't get a real warm and fuzzy on all of them. 1. Solar Panels - I'm ok ...
James Beaver
To swin or Not to swim (Rentals are the answer)
Hello BP family and friends. I hope your portfolios are performing well. ;-)
I had laid some of the groundwork for me to start Investing but am looking for some advice.
I now have a 15yr interest only HELOC on my pr...
Raju Balakrishnan
Non-Cofirming loan at 70% LTV for rental
I am trying to cash-out-refinance my rental to take 70% out. This will be above the jumbo mortgage limit for the county at around 700k. Tried with portfolio as well as conventional lenders, and yet to find someone giv...
Troy Stoehr
When is it time to set up an LLC
What are the advantages to setting up an LLC as opposed to just investing personally. I have a few properties and I'm thinking about setting up a business entity and putting my properties under that entity. Is th...
Hiren Patani
Mobile/trailer homes for rental in Houston area
Hello All,I'm thinking to buy a land and put couple of mobile/trailer homes on it. Then rent it out. But never done that before. What sort of issues/road-blocker can come in my way? Do I need to get permits before I s...
Robyn Henderson
Neighbor not providing access even though easement is in deed
I purchased an investment condo in a 3 unit multifamily building located in Northern NJ. The layout of the condo is strange where the hotwater heater is located in the garage (which is deeded to another unit(unit 3)) ...
Dave K.
Tax Credit for improvement for Disabled Access Credit 8826
Hello fellow BP forum,I recently had to make improvements to my commercial rental property due to ADA requirements on the property. We had handicap signs and access lines painted to "removed barriers for access". S...