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Sarah Lam ABC Capital/Philly Invest Review - Terrible Experience
5 September 2019 | 57 replies

ABC Capital review and the problem with Turnkey companiesI've done a detailed write up of my first turnkey experience in Texas with Texas Turnkey Property (link). I've seen a lot of threads asking for people to share ...

Eric Barnett Incentives to Encourage Tenants to Pay On Time?
2 June 2017 | 56 replies

I have that typical one property (fourplex) that gives me a monthly headache when it comes time to collect.  I'll receive all kinds of stories on why they don't have the full rent, can I pay you rest in two weeks, etc...

Tom Schmoetzer Too old to start?
28 September 2018 | 42 replies

I am 45 years old just getting started in REI.  My goal is to be able to secure a true retirement. My current retirement plan contains 2 small 401k plans and my self-employment income. My gut tells me I can make this ...

Larry Flanagan What have been your worst investments?
5 May 2014 | 38 replies

My worst loss was $100,000 trading foreign exchange. I made $100,000 one year then lost $200,000 the next.

My worst real estate deal I lost about $25,000 on. Paid too much, rented to dirt bag tenant for way...

Elizabeth Garcia is receiving monthly rent in cash bad?
27 December 2017 | 43 replies

I just finished watching the webinar, "How to Buy Your First Duplex, Triplex, and Fourplex!" in which Brandon comments that collecting the rent in cash was "stupid." Can anyone enlighten me on why collecting the rent ...

Nam Tran Renters are slobs. Need inputs on how to deal with this.
31 March 2017 | 17 replies

Hello everyone, I am new to this. My wife and I are in the process of buying our first investment property, a duplex. we did our walk through today, we love the property however the current tenants are slobs in both p...

Barbara S. Tenant leaves front door open
21 May 2024 | 41 replies

I don't know what to do. I have a tenant that keeps the front door to my 3 family investment property open all the time. Every time I go there, the door is unlocked or not pushed shut. I confront him all the time on t...

Lisa Eisenhauer Need a bank that will set up a checking account for an LLC owned by a Roth IRA
13 December 2024 | 16 replies

Hi, I am having the hardest time finding a bank that will open a checking account for an LLC because it is owned by my Roth IRA.  Apparently this is an issue that other investors have faced as well, because it require...

Account Closed Guide to Credit Card Hacking for Flippers!
1 September 2016 | 46 replies

I'm not sure if anyone has brought up this strategy before but I'd like to share how I funded my flips starting out. I call it credit card hacking though thats probably not a great name for it with cyber crime and all...

William Collins Landlord cash for keys gone bad.
31 August 2019 | 57 replies

Here is a story of a real life issue I am currently working on. Not all landlord/investing things go right.Setting: New Britain, Connecticut. A small city full of rentals mainly made for manufacturing plant workers...