Will G.
How to stress test your rentals?
I would like to know... when you analyze a potential rental property deal, do you "stress test"? for example:Crank your vacancy up to 12%? Figure you expenses at refi could go up x amount due to higher interest?Or doe...
Engelo Rumora
Is this the BEST investment strategy in a market downturn?
G'Day everyone,I hope you're all off to a great start in 2019.Over the past 10 years we have gotten used to an expanding economy and marketplace where we have forgotten that down and negative exist.When everyone is ma...
Michael Chandler
What would you do?
Hello BP friends, newbie here. Made my first phone call! (Whew!) I read an ad in the local paper. (I live in west central Indiana about 50 miles north of Indianapolis.) It read "5 investment properties, possible contr...
Alejandro Diaz
Mobile Home in Florida
Hey yall!This is my first time posting in this forum. I created my account years ago with the hope of buying my first real estate deal and finally start building my portfolio. Life got on the way and a few years came ...
Rick Baggenstoss
How much does your cleaning/turnover cost?
Please share the cost of turnover for those of you who outsource it. For example, I have a 3BR/1BA dedicated house which runs $110 including a couple of loads of laundry. It has four beds. Service doesn't include...
Evan Kline
The first time we tried our MTR as an STR (it didn't go great) + my thoughts
We turned on our first MTR unit in early 2022. It's a great 900 sqft 1/1 unit in a duplex, that we've been renting for 2200/month (just bumped up to 2400 per month) with little to no vacancy.Fast forward to a couple m...
Tina Nguyen
Can I evict this tenant?
It is 4 am but I can't sleep. I've rented one of my properties to a section 8 tenant. It is a nice house in a nice neighborhood. I just spent about $6k to repair the house so I can say that this house is in very goo...
Alissa Schmitz
Has anyone tried TurboTenant's maintenance program Lula?
TurboTenant offers a maintenance program for $149 annually; they will respond to tenant issues, troubleshoot, assign to a pro, and charge your card on file (unless it's over your set amount, then they will call to con...
Shawn Ackerman
How, Where and What investment vehicle did you begin with?? and Y
Hey Guys, I'm Shawn, A real estate investor from NYC. I began my investing career in the buy and hold arena. The reason why I began with buy and hold was mainly for cash flow. I started 700+ miles away from NY in t...
Sam Mudro
Flip or Landlord
I would like to get some perspectives around the benefits of flipping a house compared to buying and renting. In terms of the a first time investor which is a safer play?
Also wondering if the first property...