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I hear a lot of people wanting to give up on their STRs because the model has a lot of vacancy (inconsistent rent) and takes more work than a buy-and-hold asset. What do you think about the co-living model as an alter...
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Good afternoon fellow BPers,My wife and I have been thinking of moving back to the midwest (St. Louis region to be specific) and I was hoping to hear from some experienced St. Louis investors, brokers, lenders or any ...
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A user from another forum suggested"Thats what conditional leases are for. All it takes is a few lines of type to make a bulletproof lease. Something along the lines of a year lease converting to a month by month leas...
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Hi all!I'm Gloria and am incredibly new to real estate. I'm currently a full time professional student, and am looking to use real estate as a means of paying off my student loans and attaining financial freedom.Curre...
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Is there anyone who would like to share any horror stories of dealing with bad tenants who seemed like trustworthy and upstanding citizens at first, but then eventually proceeded to avoid paying rent and/or causing ma...
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Hello all,So I bought a duplex uptown (good side of Leonidas area, to be exact) in June 2018. I renovated it and listed one side for long-term rental, but missed the wave of Tulane/Loyola students (I live on the other...
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I used Propstream to pull a "tired landlord, equity, owned > 10 years, and owned by an individual" list. I skip-traced that list on Propstream and uploaded it into Mojo where my VA from the Philippines makes my co...
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I used to browse this forum all the time before I got started. It’s a pleasure to be able to share one myself. I hope you enjoy reading it and can add another arrow in your quiver as a result.I used Propstream to pull...
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Last summer I rented to a gentleman who had a colorful past however I had never screened my tenants based on criminal history... After 38 days it was clear that the landlord/tenant relationship was not going to work...