Matt A.
Do most SF real estate investors get earthquake insurance?
Do San Francisco real estate investors usually get earthquake insurance? If not, what is their strategy for preventing financial loss on their investment in the event of a big earthquake? For instance, instead of gett...
Matt Dickens
Asbestos Testing and Scraping Popcorn Versus Skimming Over
Hey All! I am currently in the middle of my first full remodel and I have a couple questions. The first is, my home was built in 1971. Therefore, I know there is a possibility that it has asbestos in the popcorn and d...
Misty Porter
Joint Tenancy-One tenant moving out, but wants to pay...
My husband and I are renting a SFH to two guys as a joint tenancy. They have always been on-time with rent and keep the house immaculate. Their lease agreement does not expire until 12/31/2018. One of the tenants info...
Robert Haviland
Financing Flips With FHA 3.5% Down Loans
Hey everyone,I'm a newbie looking to get involved in real estate investing and was thinking if I could do flips by using 3.5% down with a FHA. For instance, could I put 3.5% down with a FHA, get a 203k loan to finance...
Beena Shah
Find Multi-Family opportunities
I am a residential agent, Is there a common platform to find multifamily deals. Any guidance to find deals online will be helpful.
Zach Riegler
HVAC / Plumbing *First time*
When you are evaluating properties....1) HVAC - What are some red flags when it comes to HVACs? What are the best kinds? What are the worst? For instance, one house we are considering has a swamp AC unit that is less ...
TJ Daniel
Emotional support pets
I have been allowing pets in our units and one potential tenant claims that their dog is an emotional support animal. I honestly don’t believe him, but want to make sure that I’m giving equal opportunity. I’m requesti...
James Carlson
Deal Diary: Second home/vacation rental in Colorado
Thought I'd share a deal diary of a vacation rental/short-term rental in Colorado that my clients will also use as a second home when visiting. (Pics at the bottom.)
The GoalOut-of-state buyers wanted an STR mountain...
Andrew Syrios
Correspondent Lenders
Has anyone ever heard of, or worked with a correspondent lender. We're looking at a company to refinance a group of houses and small multi's we have and they have given us the best quote so far, but of course there...
Matthew Paul
23 year tenant wants to buy the house I rent to them. Do I sell
the first house I bought , lived in it for 10 years , rented it for 23 years . Now the long term tenants asked me to sell it . its in a upper B neighborhood , good schools ,house needs updating . Paid $ 51 K back in ...