Is there a way to easily use Quickbooks to track expenses for a specific rehab project (flip) against an initial budget?Let's say at the beginning of a new rehab project I have estimated amounts for the labor costs, m...

What is the Best Way to Reward your Great Tenants?

What is your experience with your former/current partnerships? After reading discussions and listening to podcasts, some partnerships can tend to go sour. But I know that there are many successful partnerships out the...

These guys call me after each of my closings where I act as a REALTOR offering me a $200 referral fee if I give them my customer's information and they buy service.  First, of course, I'm not selling information!  Sec...

I need some help on something I have virtually no experience...laundry.  We are building out a small laundry facility at our apartment complex and expect to complete a revenue share agreement with an equipment vendor....

In my 2 unit rental my lower level tenant wants me to allow her to have a washer & dryer. Originally my stance was no washer due to what I read in The Section 8 Bible. I noticed that in my market a “no washer” pol...

I am in escrow on a commercial/industrial complex with 3 fully rented warehouse buildings and a dirt lot in the back corner.  Currently the tenants are storing construction equipment and personal RVs in the lot for fr...

Mother Nature ... gotta love her!

In the past 10-days we've received 36+ inches of snow, which is above normal for this early in the winter (Jan & Feb are usually the big snow months). In addition to th...

I would like to hire a bookkeeper to set up QBs for my business.  I have 7 properties and 22 tenants. How much should I expect to pay for the service? What should it include?  What will I need?  How long should it tak...

I wanted to put my response here as the subject was removed.The original poster I think was trying to ask for money which is not allowed. I wanted to put my reply here so others could learn a little about the restaura...