Chi Wen
what happens to your equity in a downturn?
So we all know housing will dip/drop at some point. What happens to your equity in situations when you put down 5% vs when you put 20% down?- Buy a 500k house and put 5% down (25k) and the next day housing prices cras...
Brandon Giarusso
Legal Question about previous owners of a duplex I bought
I purchased a duplex that I have lived in for a couple of years. It passed all inspections when I bought it, however I quickly realized there were many problems hidden behind the walls. I did some digging and found ou...
Cal C.
Sam Zell says homeownership will fall to 55%
Legendary real estate investor Sam Zell believes (or at least purports to believe) that homeownership will fall to 55%, well below the 64% it is at now and far from the ~69% we saw prior to the crash. Here is the ...
Naga A.
Rats in Garage, Estimate $900!
I own a SFR out of state. My property manager has contacted me that a tenant complains that numerous rats and a lot of rats poops have been seen at garage.
The estimate for taking care of such problem came back with ...
George S.
Home line of credit question
I have a question specific to home equity line of credit. I will have 2 properties paid off this year. Total value is 325k. Taking lines of credit against the homes for down payments is often mention. How do new poten...
Oleg Mikhailov
Steam heating to electric baseboard conversion
I own a 10+ unit brick building in the North East. The heating system in the building is single pipe steam radiators. The system is old, heating is inefficient, some units heat up to 90+ degrees, some units don't hea...
Kenneth Davis
A new tenant of mine told me he does not intend to turn on his electricity
Hi everyone! My most recent new tenant whom I had questions about earlier, did resolve a phone number issue, which of couarse he still does not answer nor set up a mailbox for messages, but hey! This new tenant of min...
Gabriel Gutierrez
Outdoor Washer and Dryer
I have a small fourplex each unit in the fourplex does not have a washer or dryer connection and there is no space to install a washer or dryer connection. I'm thinking of installing and outdoor washer and dryer for t...
Larry Murrell
Seattle market - How to get started at these prices?
Interested in learning from experienced investors in the Seattle market
Victor Tatyanin
High Property Tax rates on SFH rentals in Indy
Hello, I'm an out of state investor who just started building a portfolio of SFH rentals in Indianapolis. Got 2 properties under contract (in Carmel and Fishers (yay!), but one thing caught me by unpleasant surprise: ...