Amanda Culleton
Allowing pets in your rentals
My husband and I have a new multi family house that we rehabbed and have ready for rent. We are up in the air if it will be a pet friendly or no pets allowed property. But I had a possible tenant ask about a dog (pit ...
Russell Brazil
All Of My Tenants Have Nicer Cars Than Me
I was picking up the rent from one of my tenants tonight, and it occurred to me when they pulled up....every single one of my tenants has a considerably nicer car than me. Also almost all of my tenants (Except the one...
Steven E.
Downpayment Financing: Unsecured Line of Credit & 401k Loan
Hello,
I am looking to buy my first property and employ a buy-and-hold strategy whereby I'll rent a single-family home to tenants (cash flow positive). I am looking at homes in the $70k-$90k range in Raleigh...
Garrett Canter
LLC Structure to simplify Taxes and Operations
Hello All,I am getting to the point in my real-estate portfolio where the taxes are getting a little unruly. I have 4 rentals that are each held in a separate LLC for maximum asset protection (I know there seems to be...
Mark S.
Registered Sex Offenders - Avoid The Area?
Many of the properties I've been looking at - in lower income type areas - have a few registered sex offenders on that same street. Is this an immediate no? Would you still invest in that area?I would feel pretty te...
Sean Coughlin
20 Acres Of Land In Iowa
Hello!
My name is Sean. I've owned an investment company in Iowa for a little over 3 years now. My business partner and I typically wholesale, flip, or buy and hold. We have a new (and unfamiliar) opportunity that...
Diane G.
For those of you dont believe downturn is here
For those of you don't believe that we ALREADY turned the corner, here is ONE OF several listing that I ran into that are listed below that 2015/2016 purchase price...In San Francisco....A location....Removed by moder...
John Jabson
PT Real Estate Agent
Being a PT real estate agent with no intention of ever going full-time....good or bad idea? Time consuming? Profitable? Not profitable? any ideas would be helpful...
Michael Plaks
EXPLAINED: should I trust all those "End-of-Year Tax Saving Tips"?
This is a revision of my popular post from 3 years ago. See, the older I get (don't ask), the more annoyed I get with the endless "I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO CUT YOUR TAXES in DECEMBER" emails, posts, webinars, podcasts, ...
Jim Peckey
Requesting help with screening our first tenant!
Hi BP,
As
rookie landlords, we've recently listed our first unit for rent @ $850 per month - an upper 1bed/1bath apt in a duplex that we owner occupy & currently live in the lower unit. We're hoping to get so...