I, like most of owners with more than a handful of leases, tend to put some sort of separation between the tenants and me. With most properties, this separation, usually via a management company, is desired to preve...
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Renting to friends ? Yes or no ?
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Hi everyone!
I just opened escrow on my first property! It's a 3 unit, single building home and I am super excited about it. It's an old 1910 California craftsman style home with 2700 sqft in a historic nei...
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This is me and my husbands first out to market rental, potential tenant inquires if we allow pit bulls. We have another tenant that we inherited at purchase of property that has a pit bull and poodle. Property is a ...
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Okay this may be a long post.. but it is amazing what persistence can accomplish... When I first got into real estate investing I'd say about 4 years ago is when I joined bigger pockets and I would continuously read t...
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New investor here!Considering purchasing a home that has reasonable HOA dues each month for our first rental property investment, but have heard horror stories of HOAs deciding to not allow rentals, stop investments i...
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We have 11 units in #DFW and hoping to start to do Property Management for other investors in the area to help supplement our cashflow and scale our business. Does anyone know of any legal work-arounds we can do this...
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Hello, I am an IT Entrepreneur, IT Consultant and a part-time real estate investor, just signed up with BP, bought a brand-new condo property in Irvine CA 2 years ago in zip 92618 (educated myself on everything by tal...
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Humblebrag - I just bought a house (on 2 lots) on Monday this week for $1,000! It is in a small town about an hour outside of Omaha, NE. It is by far the cheapest property purchase I have ever been involved in. She i...
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I will preface this by saying this is 100% a self inflicted wound that in all honesty did know know was happening. I am an investor with two other "good old boys" who still believe in handshakes and verbal agreements....