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Steve T. 50% rule on SFH
5 September 2013 | 22 replies

Hi all,

Looking into purchasing an investment property. In my home market, I can get into a little 2 BR SFH for about 60-70k that should rent for $650-700 or so per month.

Here's what I don't get. Using the 50% ...

Abbas Jamal Eddine Renting a room in primary residence
30 November 2016 | 21 replies

Hello BP! My wife and I are thinking about renting one of the rooms in our house to one of my really good friends (my best friend) in Georgia. But I had a few questions:1) Would that increase my monthly insurance? I w...

Brendan M. Flexible Tenant Selection Criteria?
16 June 2015 | 9 replies

I've got two vacancies coming up in the next two months and as of right now I don't have any formal written tenant screening criteria. My price range tends to attract a decent number of tenants with bad histories (cri...

Kate K. How to valuate deductions from Security Deposit properly?
30 April 2021 | 22 replies

Our property is in Lake County, IL and we are going through a 1st transition from 1st tenants to our 2nd ones. Tenants that moved out this month, left some damages behind (some repairable and some not) as well as didn...

Rosaria Pipitone What to look for in a good tenant
6 November 2019 | 62 replies

I’m really excited to rent the upstairs apartment to my new duplex. I just posted my rental on Zillow and have several viewings scheduled. Anyone have advise or tips on how to further screen tenants prior to the viewi...

Steve Burt Evaluate My Performing Note Business Plan
28 December 2019 | 15 replies

Hi, I am hoping writing a long and detailed post will help check my due diligence process for getting into the notes business in a more thoughtful manner. I have read a ton of Don, Chris S, Chris W, Andy, Jay and Dion...

Adam Drummond any investors do the dirty work??
19 January 2018 | 64 replies

I have done a few flips, and currently rehabbing a buy and hold in greenville, sc.  I do most all of the work myself, which is pretty slow going since i only have so much time to devote .  I enjoy carpentry, and the f...

Cassidy Burns Overwhelmed with Bookkeeping. How to get organized/Back on Track
7 April 2018 | 17 replies

Good Morning BP,As Tax Season approaches, and this being my first full year of real estate investing, I realize that the one task that I personally am absolutely am horrible at and hate doing is bookkeeping.  I have t...

Christian Austin To buy or not to buy owner occupied multi-family in Boston suburbs
20 February 2014 | 17 replies

Let me begin by briefly describing my scenario. I've been looking for a multi-family property in the NW Boston suburbs (i.e. Somerville, Watertown, Watertown, Medford, etc.) since the end of last summer. This will be ...