Annabelle Martin
Carpet damage - how much is tenant's responsibility?
We have a single family three bedroom rental. One of the bedrooms is in a finished basement. The basement had white, organic wool wall-to-wall carpet in the finished portion (bedroom + living area). Our tenants called...
Nate Marshall
Acquisition Stress Testing
The credit for inspiring this post goes to Rod Khleif.So often one of the more important tasks when acquiring a property or doing due diligence is the stress test. You want to close the deal. You want the property. It...
Wendy Black
Bank of Scotland's Dire Warning to Sell Nearly Everything
The Bank of Scotland has warned 2016 could be a financially cataclysmic year. Would like to hear from BPers with significant expertise in this for your opinion.Here's a link to the story:http://money.cnn.com/2016/01/...
Mark Forest
Utility expenses for taxes
I have already had my question answered here about having to capitalize fix up costs prior to getting a tenant inside the rental. Are utility expenses (electric, gas, water) incurred before getting a tenant allowed...
Alessandro Pascucci
🏦 Income taxes question
Good morning everyone,I have a basic taxes question for you today:Assuming my gross rent income is1000$/ month and based on accurate research I can plan a total of 500$/month of expenses (small repair; big repair; cap...
Justin Webb
New Member from El Paso, TX
Hello BiggerPockets friends! My name is Justin Webb, I'm a native of Georgia, however, I am currently stationed here at Ft. Bliss in El Paso, TX. I've been following bigger pockets for a few months now after it was re...
Zack Bloom
Capital markets reflecting real estate?
The stock exchanges are reaching all time highs, and many are expecting financial crashes any time. How long after a financial crash should we expect to see the seeds of discord affect the Real Estate market? Will the...
Lisa Kimberly
Company 2 Verify ARM Mortgage Amortization?
My current lender made some errors in calculating rate adjustments on an ARM for my investment property and not including information in the system when interest payment deferrals occurred in '07 and '08. Are there an...
Miguel Reynoso
Lease Addendums example help
I was trying to create a lease addendums and I was wondering if some already has one as a example or can give me some ideas on what to add to mine.
One of my current issues is, I have properties with new toliets, pip...
David DeSimio
Electronically Sign Lease and associated documents
HelloWe are looking to have all documents for the lease packet signed/initialed electronically. We hold a lease signing event and orientation where this would occur. We will be using our Surface to accomplish this t...